Issue #2527: Add a *globals* argument to timeit functions, in order to override the globals namespace in which the timed code is executed.

Patch by Ben Roberts.
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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@@ -1130,6 +1130,7 @@
 Davide Rizzo
 Anthony Roach
 Carl Robben
+Ben Roberts
 Mark Roberts
 Andy Robinson
 Jim Robinson
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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+- Issue #2527: Add a *globals* argument to timeit functions, in order to
+  override the globals namespace in which the timed code is executed.
+  Patch by Ben Roberts.
+
 - Issue #22118: Switch urllib.parse to use RFC 3986 semantics for the
   resolution of relative URLs, rather than RFCs 1808 and 2396.
   Patch by Demian Brecht.