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@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ What's New in Python 3.0a3?
Core and Builtins
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+- Improve some exception messages when Windows fails to load an extension
+ module. Now we get for example '%1 is not a valid Win32 application' instead
+ of 'error code 193'. Also use Unicode strings to deal with non-English
+ locales.
+
- Issue #1587: Added instancemethod wrapper for PyCFunctions. The Python C API
has gained a new type *PyInstanceMethod_Type* and the functions
*PyInstanceMethod_Check(o)*, *PyInstanceMethod_New(func)* and