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Issue #7632: When Py_USING_MEMORY_DEBUGGER is defined, disable the
private memory allocation scheme in dtoa.c, along with a piece of code
that caches powers of 5 for future use. This makes it easier to
detect dtoa.c memory leaks with Valgrind or similar tools.
Patch by Stefan Krah.
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Build
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+- Issue #7632: When Py_USING_MEMORY_DEBUGGER is defined, disable the
+ private memory allocation scheme in dtoa.c and use PyMem_Malloc and
+ PyMem_Free instead. Also disable caching of powers of 5.
+
- Switch to OpenSSL 0.9.8l on Windows.
- Issue #6603: Change READ_TIMESTAMP macro in ceval.c so that it