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  r76529 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-11-25 23:59:36 +0100 (mer., 25 nov. 2009) | 4 lines

  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.
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 - Issue #7133: SSL objects now support the new buffer API.
 
 - Issue #1488943: difflib.Differ() doesn't always add hints for tab characters