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 Documentation
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+- Bug #1243192: re.UNICODE and re.LOCALE affect \d, \D, \s and \S.
+
 - Bug #755617: Document the effects of os.chown() on Windows.
 
 - Patch #1180012: The documentation for modulefinder is now in the library reference.