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@@ -180,6 +180,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
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+- UserDict is now an new-style class.
+
 - Issue #6963: Added "maxtasksperchild" argument to multiprocessing.Pool,
   allowing for a maximum number of tasks within the pool to be completed by
   the worker before that worker is terminated, and a new one created to