Issue #8990: array.fromstring() and array.tostring() get renamed to
frombytes() and tobytes(), respectively, to avoid confusion. Furthermore,
array.frombytes(), array.extend() as well as the array.array()
constructor now accept bytearray objects. Patch by Thomas Jollans.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 11b5913..2a959a4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
Library
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+- Issue #8990: array.fromstring() and array.tostring() get renamed to
+ frombytes() and tobytes(), respectively, to avoid confusion. Furthermore,
+ array.frombytes(), array.extend() as well as the array.array()
+ constructor now accept bytearray objects. Patch by Thomas Jollans.
+
- Issue #808164: Fixed socket.close to avoid references to globals, to
avoid issues when socket.close is called from a __del__ method.