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+Using dill to expand serialization support
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+
+adds :func:`~IPython.utils.pickleutil.use_dill` for allowing
+dill to extend serialization support in :mod:`IPython.parallel` (closures, etc.).
+Also adds :meth:`DirectView.use_dill` convenience method for enabling dill
+locally and on all engines with one call.