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  r78247 | ezio.melotti | 2010-02-20 10:09:39 +0200 (Sat, 20 Feb 2010) | 1 line

  #3426: os.path.abspath now returns unicode when its arg is unicode.
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+- Issue #3426: ``os.path.abspath`` now returns unicode when its arg is unicode.
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 - Issue #7835: shelve should no longer produce mysterious warnings during
   interpreter shutdown.