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r67326 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-11-22 02:59:15 +0100 (Sat, 22 Nov 2008) | 1 line
backport r67325: make FileIO.mode always contain 'b'
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r67498 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-12-03 16:42:10 +0100 (Wed, 03 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Backport r67478
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r67531 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 19:54:05 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
Add reference to enumerate() to indices example.
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r67532 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 19:59:16 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
Add another heapq example.
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r67538 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-04 22:28:16 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
Clarification to avoid confusing output with file descriptors.
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r67553 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 08:49:49 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4408: document regex.groups.
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r67554 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 08:52:26 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4409: fix asterisks looking like footnotes.
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r67556 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 09:02:17 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4441: improve doc for os.open() flags.
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r67557 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-05 09:06:57 +0100 (Fri, 05 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
Add an index entry for "subclassing immutable types".
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index af50cf7..876abc8 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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kept open but the file object behaves like a closed file. The ``FileIO``
object also got a new readonly attribute ``closefd``.
+- Issue #3689: The list reversed iterator now supports __length_hint__
+ instead of __len__. Behavior now matches other reversed iterators.
+
Library
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+- FileIO's mode attribute now always includes ``"b"``.
+
What's New in Python 2.6.1
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