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 Library
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+- Issue 6706: asyncore accept() method no longer raises EWOULDBLOCK/ECONNABORTED
+  on incomplete connection attempt but returns None instead.
+
 - Issue #10266: uu.decode didn't close in_file explicitly when it was given
   as a filename.  Patch by Brian Brazil.