From 6c18ff0808029fd91dd4bfb6f216c1bb59452526 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:41:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] news note

---
 Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b4228aaa46d..96368773cb4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.3?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issues #12610 and #12609: Verify that user generated AST has correct string
+  and identifier types before compiling.
+
 - Issue #11627: Fix segfault when __new__ on a exception returns a
   non-exception class.