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Author terry.reedy
Recipients LambertDW, eli.bendersky, georg.brandl, ggenellina, gjb1002, hagna, janpf, jimjjewett, mrotondo, pitrou, r.david.murray, rtvd, sjmachin, terry.reedy, tim.peters, vbr
Date 2010-06-25.21:56:19
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This appears to be one of at least three duplicate issues: #1528074, #2986, and #4622. I am closing two, leaving 2986 open, and merging the nearly disjoint nosy lists. (If no longer interested, you can delete yourself from 2986.) #1711800 appears to be slightly different (if not, it could be closed also.)

Whether or not a new feature is ever added (earliest, now, 3.2), it appears that the docs need improvement to at least explain the current behavior. If someone who understands the issue could open a separate doc issue (for 2.6/7/3.1/2) with a suggested addition, that would be great.
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Date User Action Args
2010-06-25 21:56:20terry.reedysetrecipients: + terry.reedy, tim.peters, georg.brandl, jimjjewett, sjmachin, gjb1002, ggenellina, pitrou, rtvd, vbr, LambertDW, hagna, r.david.murray, eli.bendersky, janpf, mrotondo
2010-06-25 21:56:20terry.reedysetmessageid: <1277502980.56.0.073524991445.issue2986@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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