From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 21:40:01 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Record the latest fixes.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.2b1~334
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7e57639a3056f77f313eff48c2449e1829d96c3c;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Record the latest fixes.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cd2ad3915004..1e81675ba43c 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Release date: dd-mmm-2002
 
 Core and builtins
 
+- Cycles going through the __class__ link of a new-style instance are
+  now detected by the garbage collector.
+
 - Classes using __slots__ are now properly garbage collected.
   [SF bug 519621]
 
@@ -27,6 +30,12 @@ Core and builtins
 
 Library
 
+- Some fixes in the copy module: when an object is copied through its
+  __reduce__ method, there was no check for a __setstate__ method on
+  the result [SF patch 565085]; deepcopy should treat instances of
+  custom metaclasses the same way it treats instances of type 'type'
+  [SF patch 560794].
+
 
 C API