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 Library
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+- Issue #11132: Fix passing of "optimize" parameter when recursing
+  in compileall.compile_dir().
+
 - Issue #11110: Fix a potential decref of a NULL in sqlite3.
 
 - Issue #8275: Fix passing of callback arguments with ctypes under Win64.