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 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- SF bug #1224347: hex longs now print with lowercase letters just
+  like their int counterparts.
+
 - SF bug #1163563: the original fix for bug #1010677 ("thread Module
   Breaks PyGILState_Ensure()") broke badly in the case of multiple
   interpreter states; back out that fix and do a better job (see