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 Library
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+- Issue #13579: string.Formatter now understands the 'a' conversion specifier.
+
 - Issue #15595: Fix subprocess.Popen(universal_newlines=True)
   for certain locales (utf-16 and utf-32 family). Patch by Chris Jerdonek.