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authorNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2013-10-13 13:23:08 (GMT)
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+contextlib
+----------
+
+The new :class:`contextlib.ignore` context manager helps to clarify the
+intent of code that deliberately ignores failures from a particular
+operation.
+
+The new :class:`contextlib.redirect_stdio` context manager makes it easier
+for utility scripts to handle inflexible APIs that don't provide any
+options to retrieve their output as a string or direct it to somewhere
+other than :data:`sys.stdout`.
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