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  r80720 | antoine.pitrou | 2010-05-03 18:25:33 +0200 (lun., 03 mai 2010) | 5 lines

  Issue #7865: The close() method of :mod:`io` objects should not swallow
  exceptions raised by the implicit flush().  Also ensure that calling
  close() several times is supported.  Patch by Pascal Chambon.
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+- Issue #7865: The close() method of :mod:`io` objects should not swallow
+  exceptions raised by the implicit flush().  Also ensure that calling
+  close() several times is supported.  Initial patch by Pascal Chambon.
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 - Issue #8581: logging: removed errors raised when closing handlers twice.
 
 - Issue #4687: Fix accuracy of garbage collection runtimes displayed with