object allocator have been silenced. (Contributed by Dhiru Kholia in
:issue:`18596`.)
-* New function :c:func:`Py_SetStandardStreamEncoding` allows an application
- that is embedding Python to do the equivalent of setting
- :envvar:`PYTHONIOENCODING`. Its arguments override the equivalent
- values from :envvar:`PYTHONIOENCODING` if it exists. (Contributed
- by Bastien Montagne and Nick Coghlan in :issue:`16129`.)
-
* The Windows build now uses `Address Space Layout Randomization
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASLR>`_ and `Data Execution Prevention
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Execution_Prevention>`_. (Contributed by