#4617: Previously it was illegal to delete a name from the local namespace if it occurs as a free variable in a nested block. This limitation of the compiler has been lifted, and a new opcode introduced (DELETE_DEREF). This sample was valid in 2.6, but fails to compile in 3.x without this change:: >>> def f(): ... def print_error(): ... print(e) ... try: ... something ... except Exception as e: ... print_error() ... # implicit "del e" here This sample has always been invalid in Python, and now works:: >>> def outer(x): ... def inner(): ... return x ... inner() ... del x There is no need to bump the PYC magic number: the new opcode is used for code that did not compile before.

/* Cross platform case insensitive string compare functions
 */

#include "Python.h"

int
PyOS_mystrnicmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, Py_ssize_t size)
{
    if (size == 0)
        return 0;
    while ((--size > 0) &&
           (tolower((unsigned)*s1) == tolower((unsigned)*s2))) {
        if (!*s1++ || !*s2++)
            break;
    }
    return tolower((unsigned)*s1) - tolower((unsigned)*s2);
}

int
PyOS_mystricmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
{
    while (*s1 && (tolower((unsigned)*s1++) == tolower((unsigned)*s2++))) {
        ;
    }
    return (tolower((unsigned)*s1) - tolower((unsigned)*s2));
}