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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-01-19 20:22:13 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-01-19 20:22:13 (GMT)
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#1663329: add os.closerange() to close a range of fds,
ignoring errors, and use this in subprocess to speed up subprocess creation in close_fds mode. Patch by Mike Klaas.
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@@ -1019,6 +1019,9 @@ Library
Extension Modules
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+- Patch #1663329: added ``os.closerange()`` function to quickly close a range
+ of file descriptors without considering errors.
+
- Patch 976880: ``mmap`` objects now have an ``rfind`` method that
works as expected. ``mmap.find`` also takes an optional ``end``
parameter.