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 Library
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+- Issue #6986: Fix crash in the JSON C accelerator when called with the
+  wrong parameter types.  Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
 - Issue #1923: Fixed the removal of meaningful spaces when PKG-INFO is 
   generated in Distutils. Patch by Stephen Emslie.