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[SVN r21427]
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[SVN r21430]
work around g++ (GCC) 3.4.0 20031230 (experimental) internal compiler error; http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13530; in case this bug is not fixed before the gcc 3.4 release the boost 1.31.0 release should still compile


[SVN r21431]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21438]
Merged from trunk: workaround for g++ (GCC) 3.4.0 20031230 (experimental) problem


[SVN r21440]
Merged from trunk: workaround for Visual C++ 6 internal compiler error


[SVN r21441]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21443]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21448]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21450]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21473]
merged from trunk: Workaround for gcc-3.4 quirks


[SVN r21507]
merged from trunk: Test full slicing.


[SVN r21508]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21530]
merged from trunk


[SVN r21559]
fix typo


[SVN r21571]
previous revision (1.10) of this file restored because http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13530 is fixed


[SVN r21633]
merged from trun


[SVN r21716]
small typo


[SVN r22026]
merged from HEAD


[SVN r22028]
Improved and alphabetized news format, added Python news, updated
iterator news.

Corrections in the Python documentation


[SVN r22038]