#2650: re.escape() no longer escapes the "_".
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index fdd410b..9d63074 100644
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@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@
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+- Issue #2650: re.escape() no longer escapes the '_'.
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 - Issue #11757: select.select() now raises ValueError when a negative timeout
   is passed (previously, a select.error with EINVAL would be raised).  Patch
   by Charles-François Natali.