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@@ -1070,6 +1070,10 @@ be replaced by the option's default value.
    regular expression pattern \var{A} will be tested against the string; if
    the group didn't match, the pattern \var{B} will be used instead.
 
+\item A new \function{socketpair()} function was added to the
+   \module{socket} module, returning a pair of connected sockets. 
+   (Contributed by Dave Cole.)
+
 % XXX sre is now non-recursive.
 
 \item The \module{threading} module now has an elegantly simple way to support