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whatsnew: Windows uses VirtualAlloc, --version goes to stdout.

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@ -1422,6 +1422,7 @@ Other Build and C API Changes
(Contributed by Ysj Ray and Victor Stinner in :issue:`7330`.) (Contributed by Ysj Ray and Victor Stinner in :issue:`7330`.)
.. _other-improvements-3.4:
Other Improvements Other Improvements
------------------ ------------------
@ -1510,6 +1511,10 @@ Significant Optimizations
* :func:`html.escape` is now 10x faster. (Contributed by Matt Bryant in * :func:`html.escape` is now 10x faster. (Contributed by Matt Bryant in
:issue:`18020`.) :issue:`18020`.)
* On Windows, the native ``VirtualAlloc`` is now used instead of the CRT
``malloc`` in ``obmalloc``. Artificial benchmarks show about a 3% memory
savings.
Deprecated Deprecated
========== ==========
@ -1683,6 +1688,10 @@ Changes in 'python' command behavior
CPython interpreter is now off by default. It can be re-enabled using the CPython interpreter is now off by default. It can be re-enabled using the
``-X showrefcount`` option. (Contributed by Ezio Melotti in :issue:`17323`.) ``-X showrefcount`` option. (Contributed by Ezio Melotti in :issue:`17323`.)
* The python command and most stdlib scripts (as well as :mod:`argparse`) now
output ``--version`` information to ``stdout`` instead of ``stderr`` (for
issue list see :ref:`other-improvements-3.4` above).
Changes in the Python API Changes in the Python API
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