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+Overview of changes leading to 1.7.1
+Tuesday, November 14, 2017
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+
+- Fix atexit object destruction regression.
+- Fix minor integer-overflow.
+
+
 Overview of changes leading to 1.7.0
 Monday, November 13, 2017
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