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  r75988 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-31 10:38:43 +0000 (Sat, 31 Oct 2009) | 9 lines

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    r75986 | mark.dickinson | 2009-10-31 10:36:06 +0000 (Sat, 31 Oct 2009) | 2 lines

    Issue #7042:  Use a better mechanism for testing timers in test_signal.
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