bpo-39068: Fix race condition in base64 (GH-17627)
There was a race condition in base64 in lazy initialization of multiple globals.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@
Frank Stajano
Joel Stanley
Kyle Stanley
+Brandon Stansbury
Anthony Starks
David Steele
Oliver Steele
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-16-17-55-31.bpo-39068.Ti3f9P.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-16-17-55-31.bpo-39068.Ti3f9P.rst
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix initialization race condition in :func:`a85encode` and :func:`b85encode`
+in :mod:`base64`. Patch by Brandon Stansbury.