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 Library
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+- Issue #7264: Fix a possible deadlock when deallocating thread-local objects
+  which are part of a reference cycle.
+
 - Issue #7211: Allow 64-bit values for the `ident` and `data` fields of kevent
   objects on 64-bit systems.  Patch by Michael Broghton.