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 Library
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+- Issue #7703: Add support for the new buffer API to functions of the
+  binascii module.  Backported from py3k by Florent Xicluna, with some
+  additional tests.
+
 - Issue #2846: Add support for gzip.GzipFile reading zero-padded files.
   Patch by Brian Curtin.