diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 37570bcad52..30ee14c3610 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -216,17 +216,6 @@ New Modules Improved Modules ================ -* The :meth:`_asdict()` method for :func:`collections.namedtuple` now returns - a :class:`dict` instead of a :class:`collections.OrderedDict`. This works because - regular dicts have guaranteed ordering in since Python 3.7. If the extra - features of :class:`OrderedDict` are required, the suggested remediation is - to cast the result to the desired type: ``OrderedDict(nt._asdict())``. - (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :issue:`35864`.) - -* The :mod:`unicodedata` module has been upgraded to use the `Unicode 12.0.0 - `_ - release. - asyncio ------- @@ -234,6 +223,17 @@ asyncio On Windows, the default event loop is now :class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop`. +collections +----------- + +The :meth:`_asdict()` method for :func:`collections.namedtuple` now returns +a :class:`dict` instead of a :class:`collections.OrderedDict`. This works because +regular dicts have guaranteed ordering in since Python 3.7. If the extra +features of :class:`OrderedDict` are required, the suggested remediation is +to cast the result to the desired type: ``OrderedDict(nt._asdict())``. +(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :issue:`35864`.) + + ctypes ------ @@ -490,10 +490,15 @@ Added new clock :data:`~time.CLOCK_UPTIME_RAW` for macOS 10.12. unicodedata ----------- +* The :mod:`unicodedata` module has been upgraded to use the `Unicode 12.0.0 + `_ + release. + * New function :func:`~unicodedata.is_normalized` can be used to verify a string is in a specific normal form. (Contributed by Max Belanger and David Euresti in :issue:`32285`). + unittest --------