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  r69520 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-02-12 04:50:00 +0100 (Do, 12 Feb 2009) | 1 line

  os.fsync() should be used to ensure that data is written to disk
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  r69633 | hirokazu.yamamoto | 2009-02-15 10:19:48 +0100 (So, 15 Feb 2009) | 1 line

  Fixed typo.
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  r69672 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-02-16 15:54:34 +0100 (Mo, 16 Feb 2009) | 1 line

  note functions that are not aliased to PyBytes_ #5280
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  r69703 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-02-16 23:42:54 +0100 (Mo, 16 Feb 2009) | 3 lines

  Issue 5229: Documentation for super() neglects to say what super() actually does
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  r69704 | raymond.hettinger | 2009-02-17 00:00:25 +0100 (Di, 17 Feb 2009) | 1 line

  Add explanation for super(type1, type2).
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  r69717 | marc-andre.lemburg | 2009-02-17 13:48:19 +0100 (Di, 17 Feb 2009) | 5 lines

  Clarify the deprecation of platform.dist().

  Add versionadded tags.
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  r69731 | gregory.p.smith | 2009-02-18 06:46:11 +0100 (Mi, 18 Feb 2009) | 3 lines

  Clarify socket timeout behavior vs system network stack behavior on connect
  for issue5293.
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