Issue 2439: add pkgutils.get_data() as a convenience wrapper for the PEP 302 get_data() API (contributed by Paul Moore)
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+- Issue #2439: Added new function pkgutil.get_data(), which is a
+  convenience wrapper for the PEP 302 get_data() API.
+
 - Issue #2616: The ctypes.pointer() and ctypes.POINTER() functions are
   now implemented in C for better performance.