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r69419 | nick.coghlan | 2009-02-08 11:26:34 +1000 (Sun, 08 Feb 2009) | 1 line
Issue 4195: Restore the ability to execute packages with the -m switch (but this time in a way that leaves the import machinery in a valid state). (Original patch by Andi Vajda)
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r69420 | nick.coghlan | 2009-02-08 11:46:01 +1000 (Sun, 08 Feb 2009) | 1 line
Mention patch submitter in NEWS entry for r69419
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Roger Upole
Michael Urman
Hector Urtubia
+Andi Vajda
Atul Varma
Dmitry Vasiliev
Alexandre Vassalotti
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Library
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+- Issue #4195: The ``runpy`` module (and the ``-m`` switch) now support
+ the execution of packages by looking for and executing a ``__main__``
+ submodule when a package name is supplied. Initial patch by Andi
+ Vajda.
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- Issue #1731706: Call Tcl_ConditionFinalize for Tcl_Conditions that will
not be used again (this requires Tcl/Tk 8.3.1), also fix a memory leak in
Tkapp_Call when calling from a thread different than the one that created