Issue #9041: raised exception is misleading
An issue in ctypes.c_longdouble, ctypes.c_double, and ctypes.c_float that
caused an incorrect exception to be returned in the case of overflow has been
fixed.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c37c556..4b7cddb 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -714,6 +714,10 @@
Extension Modules
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+- Issue #9041: An issue in ctypes.c_longdouble, ctypes.c_double, and
+ ctypes.c_float that caused an incorrect exception to be returned in the
+ case of overflow has been fixed.
+
- Issue #14212: The re module didn't retain a reference to buffers it was
scanning, resulting in segfaults.