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r68319 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-01-04 22:29:23 +0100 (dim., 04 janv. 2009) | 3 lines
Issue #4272: Add an optional argument to the GzipFile constructor to override the timestamp in the gzip stream.
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+- Issue #4272: Add an optional argument to the GzipFile constructor to override
+ the timestamp in the gzip stream. The default value remains the current time.
+ The information can be used by e.g. gunzip when decompressing. Patch by
+ Jacques Frechet.
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- Restore Python 2.3 compatibility for decimal.py.
- Issue #3638: Remove functions from _tkinter module level that depend on