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+ item Some other new encodings were added: ISO_8859-11, ISO_8859-16, PCTP-154, 
+ and TIS-620.
+ 
  \item There is a new \module{collections} module for 
     various specialized collection datatypes.  
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  \end{verbatim}
  
+ \item The \module{optparse} module was updated.  The module now passes
+ its messages through \function{gettext.gettext()}, making it possible
+ to internationalize Optik's help and error messages.  Help messages
+ for options can now include the string \code{'%default'}, which will
+ be replaced by the option's default value.
+ 
  \item A new \function{getsid()} function was added to the
  \module{posix} module that underlies the \module{os} module.
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    during the look-up process.
  
+   \item A new function, \cfunction{PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords()},
+   is the same as \cfunction{PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords()} but takes a 
+   \ctype{va_list} instead of a number of arguments.
+   (Contributed by Greg Chapman.)
+ 
    \item A new method flag, \constant{METH_COEXISTS}, allows a function
    defined in slots to co-exist with a \ctype{PyCFunction} having the