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  r83407 | brian.curtin | 2010-08-01 10:26:26 -0500 (Sun, 01 Aug 2010) | 3 lines

  Fix #8105. Add validation to mmap.mmap so invalid file descriptors
  don't cause a crash on Windows.
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 Extension Modules
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+- Issue #8105: Validate file descriptor passed to mmap.mmap on Windows.
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 - Issue #9422: Fix memory leak when re-initializing a struct.Struct object.
 
 - Issue #7900: The getgroups(2) system call on MacOSX behaves rather oddly