#12757: Make doctest skipping in -OO mode work with unittest/regrtest -v
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+- Issue #12757: Fix the skipping of doctests when python is run with -OO so
+  that it works in unittest's verbose mode as well as non-verbose mode.
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 - Issue #3573: IDLE hangs when passing invalid command line args
   (directory(ies) instead of file(s)) (Patch by Guilherme Polo)