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v5.3 [Dec 17, 2015]
buffer:
Buffer.prototype.includes() has been added to keep parity with TypedArrays. (Alexander Martin) #3567.
domains:
Fix handling of uncaught exceptions. (Julien Gilli) #3654.
https:
Added support for disabling session caching. (Fedor Indutny) #4252.
repl:
Allow third party modules to be imported using require(). This corrects a regression from 5.2.0. (Ben Noordhuis) #4215.
deps:
Upgrade libuv to 1.8.0. (Saúl Ibarra Corretgé) #4276.
