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  r62481 | thomas.heller | 2008-04-24 20:14:19 +0200 (Do, 24 Apr 2008) | 3 lines

  Remove cyclic reference in CFuncPtr instances; see issue #2682.

  Backport candidate for the release25-maint branch.
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 Library
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+- Issue #2682: ctypes callback functions now longer contain a cyclic
+  reference to themselves.
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 - Issue #2058: Remove the buf attribute and add __slots__ to the TarInfo
   class in order to reduce tarfile's memory usage.