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 Library
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+- Issue #17839: base64.decodebytes and base64.encodebytes now accept any
+  object that exports a 1 dimensional array of bytes (this means the same
+  is now also true for base64_codec)
+
 - Issue #19132: The pprint module now supports compact mode.
 
 - Issue #19137: The pprint module now correctly formats instances of set and