- Fix segfault with invalid coding.
- SF Bug #772896, unknown encoding results in MemoryError, which is not helpful
I will only backport the segfault fix. I'll let Anthony decide if he wants
the other changes backported. I will do the backport if asked.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2c58dae..bf40e9d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
Core and builtins
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+- Fix segfault with invalid coding.
+
+- SF bug #772896: unknown encoding results in MemoryError.
+
- All iterators now have a Boolean value of true. Formerly, some iterators
supported a __len__() method which evaluated to False when the iterator
was empty.