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 Library
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+- urllib2 has now an attribute 'httpresponses' mapping from HTTP status code
+  to W3C name (404 -> 'Not Found'). RFE #1216944.
+
 - Bug #1177468: Don't cache the /dev/urandom file descriptor for os.urandom,
   as this can cause problems with apps closing all file descriptors.