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 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #1571184: The Unicode database contains properties for more characters.
+  The tables for code points representing numeric values, white spaces or line
+  breaks are now generated from the official Unicode Character Database files,
+  and include information from the Unihan.txt file.
+
 - Issue #7050: Fix a SystemError when trying to use unpacking and augmented
   assignment.