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whatsnew: pydoc.Scanner removal, check_output input parm, operator.py.

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Also fleshed out the entry on struct.iter_unpack.
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@ -794,6 +794,14 @@ and explicit relative imports could cause obscure failures in child
processes. (Contributed by Nick Coghlan in :issue:`19946`)
operator
--------
There is now a pure-python version of the :mod:`operator` module available for
reference and for use by alternate implementations of Python. (Contributed by
Zachary Ware in :issue:`16694`.)
os
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@ -981,8 +989,19 @@ The module supports new file types: door, event port and whiteout.
struct
------
Streaming struct unpacking using :func:`struct.iter_unpack`.
(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`17804`.)
:mod:`struct` now supports the streamed unpacking of a buffer containing
repeated instances of a given format of data. Both a module level
:mod:`~struct.iter_unpack` function and a :meth:`struct.Struct.iter_unpack`
method on compiled formats have been added. (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in
:issue:`17804`.)
subprocess
----------
:func:`~subprocess.check_output` now accepts an *input* argument that can
be used to provide the contents of ``stdin`` for the command that is run.
(Contributed by Zack Weinberg in :issue:`16624`.)
sunau
@ -1378,6 +1397,13 @@ removed:
:mod:`marshal`. (Contributed by Dan Riti in :issue:`15480`.)
Code Cleanups
-------------
* The unused and undocumented internal ``Scanner`` class has been removed from
the :mod:`pydoc` module.
Porting to Python 3.4
=====================