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  r70521 | benjamin.peterson | 2009-03-22 12:45:11 -0500 (Sun, 22 Mar 2009) | 1 line

  close the file even if an exception occurs #5536
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 Library
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+- Issue #5536: urllib.urlretrieve makes sure to close the file it's writing to
+  even if an exception occurs.
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 - Fix Decimal.__format__ bug that swapped the meanings of the '<' and
   '>' alignment characters.