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  r77045 | ezio.melotti | 2009-12-25 00:25:17 +0200 (Fri, 25 Dec 2009) | 1 line

  #6108: unicode(exception) and str(exception) should return the same message
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 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #6108: unicode(exception) and str(exception) should return the same
+  message when only __str__ (and not __unicode__) is overridden in the subclass.
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 - Issue #7491: Metaclass's __cmp__ method was ignored.
 
 - Add Py3k warnings for parameter names in parenthesis.