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  Python News
  +++++++++++
  
 +What's New in Python 2.7.10?
 +============================
 +
 +*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
 +
 +Core and Builtins
 +-----------------
 +
 +Library
 +-------
 +
 +- Issue #14099: ZipFile.open() no longer reopen the underlying file.  Objects
 +  returned by ZipFile.open() can now operate independently of the ZipFile even
 +  if the ZipFile was created by passing in a file-like object as the first
 +  argument to the constructor.
 +
 +- Issue #21032. Fixed socket leak if HTTPConnection.getresponse() fails.
 +  Original patch by Martin Panter.
 +
 +- Issue #22609: Constructors and update methods of mapping classes in the
 +  collections module now accept the self keyword argument.
 +
 +Documentation
 +-------------
 +
 +- Issue #21514: The documentation of the json module now refers to new JSON RFC
 +  7159 instead of obsoleted RFC 4627.
 +
 +Tools/Demos
 +-----------
 +
 +- Issue #22314: pydoc now works when the LINES environment variable is set.
 +
 +- Issue #18905: "pydoc -p 0" now outputs actually used port.  Based on patch by
 +  Wieland Hoffmann.
 +
 +Tests
 +-----
 +
 +- Issue #22943: bsddb tests are locale independend now.
 +
++IDLE
++----
++
++- Issue #16893: Update Idle doc chapter to match current Idle and add new
++  information.
++
 +
  What's New in Python 2.7.9?
  ===========================