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 Library
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+- Issue #16828: Fix error incorrectly raised by bz2.compress(''). Patch by
+  Martin Packman.
+
 - Issue #16541: tk_setPalette() now works with keyword arguments.
 
 - Issue #16820: In configparser, `parser.popitem()` no longer raises ValueError.