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  Python News
  +++++++++++
  
 +What's New in Python 2.7.13?
 +============================
 +
 +*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
 +
 +Core and Builtins
 +-----------------
 +
 +Library
 +-------
 +
 +- Issue #27079: Fixed curses.ascii functions isblank(), iscntrl() and ispunct().
 +
 +- Issue #22636: Avoid shell injection problems with
 +  ctypes.util.find_library().
 +
 +- Issue #27330: Fixed possible leaks in the ctypes module.
 +
 +- Issue #27238: Got rid of bare excepts in the turtle module.  Original patch
 +  by Jelle Zijlstra.
 +
 +- Issue #26386: Fixed ttk.TreeView selection operations with item id's
 +  containing spaces.
 +
 +- Issue #25455: Fixed a crash in repr of cElementTree.Element with recursive tag.
 +
 +Documentation
 +-------------
 +
 +- Issue #16484: Change the default PYTHONDOCS URL to "https:", and fix the
 +  resulting links to use lowercase.  Patch by Sean Rodman, test by Kaushik
 +  Nadikuditi.
 +
+ What's New in Python 2.7.12?
+ ============================
+ 
  Build
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