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  r74564 | mark.dickinson | 2009-08-28 14:25:02 +0100 (Fri, 28 Aug 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue #6794:  Fix handling of NaNs in Decimal.compare_total and
  Decimal.compare_total_mag.
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+- Issue #6794: Fix Decimal.compare_total and Decimal.compare_total_mag: NaN
+  payloads are now ordered by integer value rather than lexicographically.
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 - Issue #1356969: Add missing info methods in tix.HList.
 
 - Issue #1522587: New constants and methods for the tix.Grid widget.