Get float() to be more portable across platforms. Disable hex strings.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
Core and builtins
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+- Support for converting hex strings to floats no longer works.
+ This was not portable. float('0x3') now raises a ValueError.
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- Patch #1382163: Expose Subversion revision number to Python. New C API
function Py_GetBuildNumber(). New attribute sys.build_number. Build number
is now displayed in interactive prompt banner.