Fix asyncore issues 8573 and 8483: _strerror might throw ValueError; asyncore.__getattr__ cheap inheritance caused confusing error messages when accessing undefined class attributes; added an alias for __str__ which now is used as a fallback for __repr__
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Library
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+- Issue #8573: asyncore _strerror() function might throw ValueError.
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+- Issue #8483: asyncore.dispatcher's __getattr__ method produced confusing
+ error messages when accessing undefined class attributes because of the cheap
+ inheritance with the underlying socket object.
+ The cheap inheritance has been deprecated.
+
- Issue #4265: shutil.copyfile() was leaking file descriptors when disk fills.
Patch by Tres Seaver.