Issue #9871: Prevent IDLE 3 crash when given byte stings
with invalid hex escape sequences, like b'\x0'.
(Original patch by Claudiu Popa.)
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 45ab6a4..a1edc77 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -705,6 +705,7 @@
 Guilherme Polo
 Michael Pomraning
 Iustin Pop
+Claudiu Popa
 John Popplewell
 Amrit Prem
 Paul Prescod
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d52156d..5289c37 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #9871: Prevent IDLE 3 crash when given byte stings
+  with invalid hex escape sequences, like b'\x0'.
+  (Original patch by Claudiu Popa.)
+
 - Issue #8933: distutils' PKG-INFO files will now correctly report
   Metadata-Version: 1.1 instead of 1.0 if a Classifier or Download-URL field is
   present.