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 Library
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+- Patch #1540892: site.py Quitter() class attempts to close sys.stdin
+  before raising SystemExit, allowing IDLE to honor quit() and exit().
+
 - Bug #1224621: make tabnanny recognize IndentationErrors raised by tokenize.
 
 - Patch #1536071: trace.py should now find the full module name of a