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  r64002 | travis.oliphant | 2008-06-07 00:33:21 +0200 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Add long double check support to configure test.
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  r64003 | travis.oliphant | 2008-06-07 00:39:47 +0200 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Remove locking part of new buffer protocol.
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  r64012 | facundo.batista | 2008-06-07 15:36:36 +0200 (Sat, 07 Jun 2008) | 4 lines


  Finished bug #2451.  Fixed the retrying part to make it
  more robust.
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  r64036 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-08 10:54:40 +0200 (Sun, 08 Jun 2008) | 2 lines

  #3028: tokenize passes the physical line.
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  r64037 | georg.brandl | 2008-06-08 10:59:38 +0200 (Sun, 08 Jun 2008) | 2 lines

  Argh, I read it wrong. Reverted 64036 and added a clarifying remark.
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  r64047 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 03:28:30 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Issue3065:  Fixed pickling of named tuples.  Added tests.
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  r64050 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 08:54:45 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Issue #2138: Add math.factorial().
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  r64051 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 10:33:37 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Let set.union() and set.update() accept multiple inputs.
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  r64052 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 11:29:17 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Address double-rounding scenarios by setting all variables to long doubles.
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  r64054 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 13:24:47 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Unhappy buildbots.  Revert 64052.  Long doubles have unexpected effects on some builds.
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  r64055 | raymond.hettinger | 2008-06-09 15:07:27 +0200 (Mon, 09 Jun 2008) | 1 line

  Let set.intersection() and set.intersection_update() take multiple input arguments.
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  r64066 | robert.schuppenies | 2008-06-10 12:10:31 +0200 (Tue, 10 Jun 2008) | 2 lines

  Issue 3048: Fixed sys.getsizeof for unicode objects.
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  r64071 | thomas.heller | 2008-06-10 16:07:12 +0200 (Tue, 10 Jun 2008) | 3 lines

  NEWS entry for:
  Add an optional 'offset' parameter to byref, defaulting to zero.
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Doc/library/collections.rst

@@ -519,6 +519,9 @@ Example:
                if kwds:
                    raise ValueError('Got unexpected field names: %r' % kwds.keys())
                return result
+   <BLANKLINE>            
+        def __getnewargs__(self): 
+            return tuple(self)
    <BLANKLINE>
            x = property(itemgetter(0))
            y = property(itemgetter(1))

Doc/library/math.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ Number-theoretic and representation functions:
 
    Return the absolute value of *x*.
 
+.. function:: factorial(x)
+
+   Return *x* factorial.  Raises :exc:`ValueError` if *x* is not intergral or
+   is negative.
 
 .. function:: floor(x)
 

Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

@@ -1501,16 +1501,22 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
       Test whether the set is a true superset of *other*, that is, ``set >=
       other and set != other``.
 
-   .. method:: union(other)
-               set | other
+   .. method:: union(other, ...)
+               set | other | ...
 
       Return a new set with elements from both sets.
 
-   .. method:: intersection(other)
-               set & other
+      .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+         Accepts multiple input iterables.
+
+   .. method:: intersection(other, ...)
+               set & other & ...
 
       Return a new set with elements common to both sets.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+         Accepts multiple input iterables.
+
    .. method:: difference(other)
                set - other
 
@@ -1562,16 +1568,22 @@ The constructors for both classes work the same:
    The following table lists operations available for :class:`set` that do not
    apply to immutable instances of :class:`frozenset`:
 
-   .. method:: update(other)
-               set |= other
+   .. method:: update(other, ...)
+               set |= other | ...
 
       Update the set, adding elements from *other*.
 
-   .. method:: intersection_update(other)
-               set &= other
+      .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+         Accepts multiple input iterables.
+
+   .. method:: intersection_update(other, ...)
+               set &= other & ...
 
       Update the set, keeping only elements found in it and *other*.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+         Accepts multiple input iterables.
+
    .. method:: difference_update(other)
                set -= other
 

Doc/library/tokenize.rst

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 :mod:`tokenize` --- Tokenizer for Python source
 ===============================================
 
@@ -15,7 +14,6 @@ colorizers for on-screen displays.
 
 The primary entry point is a :term:`generator`:
 
-
 .. function:: tokenize(readline)
 
    The :func:`tokenize` generator requires one argument, *readline*, which
@@ -28,11 +26,11 @@ The primary entry point is a :term:`generator`:
    token string; a 2-tuple ``(srow, scol)`` of ints specifying the row and 
    column where the token begins in the source; a 2-tuple ``(erow, ecol)`` of 
    ints specifying the row and column where the token ends in the source; and 
-   the line on which the token was found. The line passed is the *logical* 
-   line; continuation lines are included.
+   the line on which the token was found. The line passed (the last tuple item)
+   is the *logical* line; continuation lines are included.
    
-   tokenize determines the source encoding of the file by looking for a utf-8
-   bom or encoding cookie, according to :pep:`263`.
+   :func:`tokenize` determines the source encoding of the file by looking for a
+   UTF-8 BOM or encoding cookie, according to :pep:`263`.
 
 
 All constants from the :mod:`token` module are also exported from