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@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ Extension modules
 Library
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+- Closing a dumbdbm database more than once is now harmless (it used to
+  raise a nuisance exception on the second close).
+
 - It's vital that a dumbdbm database be closed properly, else the
   on-disk data and directory files can be left in mutually inconsistent
   states.  dumbdbm.py's _Database.__del__() method attempted to close