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 Core and Builtins
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-- Issue #23985: Fixed integer overflow in iterator object.  Patch by
+- Issue #22939: Fixed integer overflow in iterator object.  Patch by
   Clement Rouault.
 
 - Issue #23985: Fix a possible buffer overrun when deleting a slice from