Issue #16979: Fix error handling bugs in the unicode-escape-decode decoder.
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+- Issue #16979: Fix error handling bugs in the unicode-escape-decode decoder.
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 - Issue #17051: Fix a memory leak in os.path.isdir() on Windows. Patch by
   Robert Xiao.