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Author pitrou
Recipients Trundle, draghuram, eric.araujo, giampaolo.rodola, neologix, pitrou, r.david.murray, tarek, techtonik, vstinner
Date 2011-12-23.15:28:00
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> What is the motivation for providing a new function?

Because changing os.rename would break compatibility.
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Date User Action Args
2011-12-23 15:28:01pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, vstinner, draghuram, techtonik, giampaolo.rodola, tarek, eric.araujo, r.david.murray, Trundle, neologix
2011-12-23 15:28:00pitroulinkissue8828 messages
2011-12-23 15:28:00pitroucreate