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[Python-Dev] 2.2.1 issues

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
19 Feb 2002 21:31:25 +0100 
"Fred L. Drake, Jr." <fdrake@acm.org> writes:

> Guido can rule as he sees fit, but I don't see any reason *not* to
> change the magic number.  This seems like a pretty important fix to
> me.

The memory-overwriting problem can be fixed without bumping the pyc
magic. The rationale for bumping the pyc magic is pretty weak, IMO,
so that aspect should not be propagated to 2.2.1.

Regards,
Martin