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@ -780,6 +780,12 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
(Contributed by Fredrik Johansson and Victor Stinner; :issue:`3439`.) (Contributed by Fredrik Johansson and Victor Stinner; :issue:`3439`.)
* The :keyword:`import` statement will no longer try a relative import
if an absolute import (e.g. ``from .os import sep``) fails. This
fixes a bug, but could possibly break certain :keyword:`import`
statements that were only working by accident. (Fixed by Meador Inge;
:issue:`7902`.)
* It's now possible for a subclass of the built-in :class:`unicode` type * It's now possible for a subclass of the built-in :class:`unicode` type
to override the :meth:`__unicode__` method. (Implemented by to override the :meth:`__unicode__` method. (Implemented by
Victor Stinner; :issue:`1583863`.) Victor Stinner; :issue:`1583863`.)
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will now ignore the name of the module containing the exception will now ignore the name of the module containing the exception
being tested. (Patch by Lennart Regebro; :issue:`7490`.) being tested. (Patch by Lennart Regebro; :issue:`7490`.)
* The :mod:`email` module's :class:`~email.message.Message` class will
now accept a Unicode-valued payload, automatically converting the
payload to the encoding specified by :attr:`output_charset`.
(Added by R. David Murray; :issue:`1368247`.)
* The :class:`~fractions.Fraction` class now accepts a single float or * The :class:`~fractions.Fraction` class now accepts a single float or
:class:`~decimal.Decimal` instance, or two rational numbers, as :class:`~decimal.Decimal` instance, or two rational numbers, as
arguments to its constructor. (Implemented by Mark Dickinson; arguments to its constructor. (Implemented by Mark Dickinson;
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named pipes like a regular file by opening them for reading, and named pipes like a regular file by opening them for reading, and
this would block indefinitely. (Fixed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`3002`.) this would block indefinitely. (Fixed by Antoine Pitrou; :issue:`3002`.)
* The :mod:`signal` module no longer re-installs the signal handler
unless this is truly necessary, which fixes a bug that could make it
impossible to catch the EINTR signal robustly. (Fixed by
Charles-Francois Natali; :issue:`8354`.)
* New functions: in the :mod:`site` module, three new functions * New functions: in the :mod:`site` module, three new functions
return various site- and user-specific paths. return various site- and user-specific paths.
:func:`~site.getsitepackages` returns a list containing all :func:`~site.getsitepackages` returns a list containing all