Issue #5788: `datetime.timedelta` objects get a new `total_seconds()` method returning
the total number of seconds in the duration.  Patch by Brian Quinlan.
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+- Issue #5788: `datetime.timedelta` objects get a new `total_seconds()`
+  method returning the total number of seconds in the duration.  Patch by
+  Brian Quinlan.
+
 - Issue #6615: logging: Used weakrefs in internal handler list.
 
 - Issue #1488943: difflib.Differ() doesn't always add hints for tab characters