Sridhar Ratnakumar.

Remove uses of test_support.TestFailed.

+ enable test that was never run (!)
+ make tests faster by lowering polling timeout

Refactors format_string.  Includes tests for the two problems noted in
the issue, but as far as I can see there are no other tests that confirm
that format_string conforms to normal % formatting rules.

caused by the "socket not connected" condition.

by default as well. This change fixes that by treating -Q like -3 when it comes
to DeprecationWarning; using it causes the silencing to not occur.

Fixes issue #7319.

where the method could block indefinitely if called just before the
event loop started running.  This also fixes the occasional freezes
witnessed in test_httpservers.

Adding unittest.removeHandler function / decorator for removing the signal.SIGINT signal handler. With tests and docs.

openlog() for every logged message.

indefinitely if the other end didn't respond.

the SSL structure if necessary (as other methods already do).

Since CREATE_NEW_* are used for the creation flags of a subprocess, they
were added to __all__. The rest of the previously exposed attributes are
now qualified by _subprocess.ATTR rather than importing *.

socket under OS X), and skip it under Windows (where sockets can't be read()
from using their fds).

underlying socket from being closed until all objects get truely destroyed.

socket.  Initial patch by Péter Szabó.

a non-infinite timeout.  Also make that method friendlier with applications
wanting to continue using the socket in clear-text mode, by disabling
OpenSSL's internal readahead.  Thanks to Darryl Miles for guidance.

Issue #8108: test_ftplib's non-blocking SSL server now has proper handling
of SSL shutdowns.