Merged revisions 59234-59238 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r59237 | facundo.batista | 2007-11-30 18:15:25 +0100 (Fri, 30 Nov 2007) | 4 lines


  Reordering of __new__ to minimize isinstance() calls to most
  used types. Thanks Mark Dickinson.
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  r59238 | christian.heimes | 2007-11-30 20:18:08 +0100 (Fri, 30 Nov 2007) | 6 lines

  Removed or replaced some more deprecated preprocessor macros.
  Moved the _DEBUG and NDEBUG macros to two new property files.
  Fixed #1527 Problem with static libs on Windows
  Updated README.txt
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diff --git a/PCbuild9/pyd.vsprops b/PCbuild9/pyd.vsprops
index 2a69d95..2e21a80 100644
--- a/PCbuild9/pyd.vsprops
+++ b/PCbuild9/pyd.vsprops
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@
 	ProjectType="Visual C++"
 	Version="8.00"
 	Name="pyd"
-	InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops"
+	InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
 	>
 	<Tool
 		Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-		PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
 		RuntimeLibrary="2"
 	/>
 	<Tool