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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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