ignore the coding cookie in compile(), exec(), and eval() if the source is a string #4626
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 91c94ff..d737f74 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
- Issue #5249: time.strftime returned malformed string when format string
contained non ascii character on windows.
+- Issue #4626: compile(), exec(), and eval() ignore the coding cookie if the
+ source has already been decoded into str.
+
- Issue #5186: Reduce hash collisions for objects with no __hash__ method by
rotating the object pointer by 4 bits to the right.