Issue #17671: Fixed a crash when use non-initialized io.BufferedRWPair.
Based on patch by Stephen Tu.
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+- Issue #17671: Fixed a crash when use non-initialized io.BufferedRWPair.
+  Based on patch by Stephen Tu.
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 - Issue #20594: Avoid name clash with the libc function posix_close.
 
 - Issue #19856: shutil.move() failed to move a directory to other directory