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 Extension Modules
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+- Bug #1686475: Support stat'ing open files on Windows again.
+
 - Patch #1185447: binascii.b2a_qp() now correctly quotes binary characters
   with ASCII value less than 32. Also, it correctly quotes dots only if
   they occur on a single line, as opposed to the previous behavior of