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Author: oschwald

HISTORY.rst

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 * IMPORTANT: Previously, the pure Python reader would allow
-  `ipaddress.IPv4Address` and `ipaddress.IPv6Address` objects when calling
-  `.get()`. This would fail with the C extension. The fact that these objects
+  ``ipaddress.IPv4Address`` and ``ipaddress.IPv6Address`` objects when calling
+  ``.get()``. This would fail with the C extension. The fact that these objects
   worked at all was an implementation detail and has varied with different
   releases. This release makes the pure Python implementation consistent
-  with the extension. A `TypeError` will now be thrown if you attempt to
+  with the extension. A ``TypeError`` will now be thrown if you attempt to
   use these types with either the pure Python implementation or the
-  extension. The IP address passed to `.get()` should be a string type.
+  extension. The IP address passed to ``.get()`` should be a string type.
 * Fix issue where incorrect size was used when unpacking some types with the
   pure Python reader. Reported by Lee Symes. GitHub #30.
 * You may now pass in the database via a file descriptor rather than a file