Marshal docs say format version is 3; actual format version is 4

[vaultah]

BPO	23167
Nosy	@vaultah
Files	marshal_doc.diff

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title = 'Marshal docs say format version is 3; actual format version is 4'
updated_at = <Date 2015-01-04.22:30:27.637>
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[vaultah]

Documentation on marshal module says that format version is 3, but Py_MARSHAL_VERSION is set to 4. Search for marshal-related issues gave me an idea that this is a documentation bug.

[python-dev]

New changeset 8ac23d3242b4 by Benjamin Peterson in branch '3.4':
the current marshal version is 4 (closes bpo-23167)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8ac23d3242b4

New changeset 826831a9a376 by Benjamin Peterson in branch 'default':
merge 3.4 (bpo-23167)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/826831a9a376