[issue8828] Atomic function to rename a file

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

About the function names:
 - shutil.atomic_move_file(): only available on some OS
 - shutil.move_file(): use shutil.atomic_move_file() if available, or fall back to a best effort implementation

Implement an atomic function to rename a directory is more complex and should be done in another issue. That's why I added "_file" suffix.

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