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Issue #12196: Add a note on os.pipe2() in the "Whats' new in Python 3.3"

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@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ connection when done::
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* The :mod:`os` module has a new :func:`~os.pipe2` function that makes it
possible to create a pipe with :data:`~os.O_CLOEXEC` or
:data:`~os.O_NONBLOCK` flags set atomically. This is especially useful to
avoid race conditions in multi-threaded programs.
* The :mod:`os` module has a new :func:`~os.sendfile` function which provides
an efficent "zero-copy" way for copying data from one file (or socket)
descriptor to another. The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of