detect overflow in combinations (closes #23366)
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+- Issue #23366: Fixed possible integer overflow in itertools.combinations.
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 - Issue #23191: fnmatch functions that use caching are now threadsafe.
 
 - Issue #18518: timeit now rejects statements which can't be compiled outside