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  r82943 | mark.dickinson | 2010-07-18 08:48:20 +0100 (Sun, 18 Jul 2010) | 1 line

  Misc/NEWS entry for r82941.
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 Extension Modules
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+- Issue #9277: Fix bug in struct.pack for bools in standard mode
+  (e.g., struct.pack('>?')):  if conversion to bool raised an exception
+  then that exception wasn't properly propagated on machines with
+  unsigned char.
+
 - Issue #5180: Fixed a bug that prevented loading 2.x pickles in 3.x
   python when they contain instances of old-style classes.