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- Issue #10107: Warn about unsaved files in IDLE on OSX.
- Issue #7213: subprocess.Popen's default for close_fds has been changed.
- It is now platform specific, keeping its default of False on Windows and
- changing the default to True on POSIX and other platforms.
+ It is now True in most cases other than on Windows when input, output or
+ error handles are provided.
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+- Issue #6559: subprocess.Popen has a new pass_fds parameter (actually
+ added in 3.2beta1) to allow specifying a specific list of file descriptors
+ to keep open in the child process.
What's New in Python 3.2 Beta 1?