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r81398 | antoine.pitrou | 2010-05-21 19:12:38 +0200 (ven., 21 mai 2010) | 6 lines
Issue #5753: A new C API function, :cfunc:`PySys_SetArgvEx`, allows
embedders of the interpreter to set sys.argv without also modifying
sys.path. This helps fix `CVE-2008-5983
<http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983>`_.
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C-API
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+- Issue #5753: A new C API function, :cfunc:`PySys_SetArgvEx`, allows
+ embedders of the interpreter to set sys.argv without also modifying
+ sys.path. This helps fix `CVE-2008-5983
+ <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5983>`_.
+
- Add PyArg_ValidateKeywordArguments, which checks if all keyword arguments are
strings in an efficient manner.