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authorAmaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com>2008-09-26 22:46:01 +0000
committerAmaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@gmail.com>2008-09-26 22:46:01 +0000
commit37356a148495ee216a064ffc789a4972c0bebbf9 (patch)
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#3967: Correct a crash in count() and find() methods of string-like objects.
For example: "".count("xxxx", sys.maxint, 0) Backport of r66631.
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.5.3?
Core and builtins
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+- Issue #3967: Fixed a crash in the count() and find() methods of string-like
+ objects, when the "start" parameter is a huge value.
+
- Issue #3936: The parser warnings for using "as" and "with" as variable names
didn't fire after import statements.