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 Library
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+- Issue #13444: When stdout has been closed explicitly, we should not attempt
+  to flush it at shutdown and print an error.
+
 - Issue #12856: Ensure child processes do not inherit the parent's random
   seed for filename generation in the tempfile module.  Patch by Brian
   Harring.