Misc/NEWS: "free-after-use" -> "use-after-free"

[jwilk]

BPO	24568
Nosy	@rhettinger, @benjaminp, @jwilk
PRs	WIP: [2.7] bpo-24658: Fix read/write greater than 2 GiB on macOS (GH-1705) #9938

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closed_at = <Date 2015-07-18.23:31:57.523>
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title = 'Misc/NEWS: "free-after-use" -> "use-after-free"'
updated_at = <Date 2018-10-18.00:22:38.814>
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[jwilk]

Misc/NEWS reads:
"Fix free-after-use bug"

It should be "use-after-free", not "free-after-use".

[python-dev]

New changeset 5097c91cdc2d by Benjamin Peterson in branch '2.7':
'free-after-use' is not a bug :) (closes bpo-24568)
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/5097c91cdc2d

[jwilk]

Uh, "use-after-use" is not a bug either. :)

[Arfrever]

Still not fixed.

[python-dev]

New changeset 669d6b5c1734 by Raymond Hettinger in branch '2.7':
Issue bpo-24568: fix typo.
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/669d6b5c1734