Bug #1498146: fix optparse to handle Unicode strings in option help,
description, and epilog.
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+- Bug #1498146: fix optparse to handle Unicode strings in option help,
+  description, and epilog.
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 - Bug #1366250: minor optparse documentation error.
 
 - Bug #1361643: fix textwrap.dedent() so it handles tabs appropriately;