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+ - Issue #12848: The pure Python pickle implementation now treats object
+ lengths as unsigned 32-bit integers, like the C implementation does.
+ Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
+
+- Issue #16423: urllib.request now has support for ``data:`` URLs. Patch by
+ Mathias Panzenböck.
+
+- Issue #4473: Add a POP3.stls() to switch a clear-text POP3 session into
+ an encrypted POP3 session, on supported servers. Patch by Lorenzo Catucci.
+
+- Issue #4473: Add a POP3.capa() method to query the capabilities advertised
+ by the POP3 server. Patch by Lorenzo Catucci.
+
+- Issue #4473: Ensure the socket is shutdown cleanly in POP3.close().
+ Patch by Lorenzo Catucci.
+
+- Issue #16522: added FAIL_FAST flag to doctest.
+
+- Issue #15627: Add the importlib.abc.SourceLoader.compile_source() method.
+
- Issue #16408: Fix file descriptors not being closed in error conditions
in the zipfile module. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.