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Richard.

* Tulip issue 184: FlowControlMixin constructor now get the event loop if the
  loop parameter is not set. Add unit tests to ensure that constructor of
  StreamReader and StreamReaderProtocol classes get the event loop.
* Remove outdated TODO/XXX

importlib.abc.Loader.exec_module() is also defined.

Before this change, create_module() was optional **and** could return
None to trigger default semantics. This change now reduces the
options for choosing default semantics to one and in the most
backporting-friendly way (define create_module() to return None).

atomic memory access if available. Patch written by Vitor de Lima and Gustavo
Temple.

* Document why set_result() calls are safe
* Cleanup gather(). Use public methods instead of hacks to consume the
  exception of a future.
* sock_connect(): pass directly the fd to _sock_connect_done instead of the
  socket.

Patch by A.M. Kuchling.

Patch by A.M. Kuchling.