Issue #8682: The ssl module now temporary increments the reference count of
a socket object got through `PyWeakref_GetObject`, so as to avoid possible
deallocation while the object is still being used.
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Library
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+- Issue #8682: The ssl module now temporary increments the reference count of
+ a socket object got through ``PyWeakref_GetObject``, so as to avoid possible
+ deallocation while the object is still being used.
+
- Issue #1368368: FancyURLOpener class changed to throw an Exception on wrong
password instead of presenting an interactive prompt. Older behavior can be
obtained by passing retry=True to http_error_xxx methods of FancyURLOpener.