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r72848 | eric.smith | 2009-05-23 09:56:13 -0400 (Sat, 23 May 2009) | 1 line
Issue 6089: str.format raises SystemError.
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Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #6089: str.format can raise SystemError with certain invalid
+ field specifiers.
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- Issue #5994: the marshal module now has docstrings.
- Issue #5981: Fix two minor inf/nan issues in float.fromhex: (1) inf