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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2020 17:19:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Python 3.9.0a5

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diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index fea14d8e04e..afd67b3c0bc 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        9
 #define PY_MICRO_VERSION        0
 #define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL        PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       4
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL       5
 
 /* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION              "3.9.0a4+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.9.0a5"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index c6ba945425a..11b48fd2657 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Tue Feb 25 13:20:31 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Mar 23 17:18:04 2020
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'
@@ -1476,8 +1476,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
           '                     | starred_and_keywords ["," '
           'keywords_arguments]\n'
           '                     | keywords_arguments\n'
-          '   positional_arguments ::= ["*"] expression ("," ["*"] '
-          'expression)*\n'
+          '   positional_arguments ::= positional_item ("," positional_item)*\n'
+          '   positional_item      ::= assignment_expression | "*" expression\n'
           '   starred_and_keywords ::= ("*" expression | keyword_item)\n'
           '                            ("," "*" expression | "," '
           'keyword_item)*\n'
@@ -1717,6 +1717,10 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
           'for\n'
           'function decorators.  The result is then bound to the class name.\n'
           '\n'
+          'Changed in version 3.9: Classes may be decorated with any valid\n'
+          '"assignment_expression". Previously, the grammar was much more\n'
+          'restrictive; see **PEP 614** for details.\n'
+          '\n'
           '**Programmer’s note:** Variables defined in the class definition '
           'are\n'
           'class attributes; they are shared by instances.  Instance '
@@ -2187,8 +2191,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              '\n'
              'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
              '\n'
-             '   if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
-             '               ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
+             '   if_stmt ::= "if" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
+             '               ("elif" assignment_expression ":" suite)*\n'
              '               ["else" ":" suite]\n'
              '\n'
              'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the '
@@ -2211,7 +2215,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              'an\n'
              'expression is true:\n'
              '\n'
-             '   while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite\n'
+             '   while_stmt ::= "while" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
              '                  ["else" ":" suite]\n'
              '\n'
              'This repeatedly tests the expression and, if it is true, '
@@ -2626,8 +2630,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              '[parameter_list] ")"\n'
              '               ["->" expression] ":" suite\n'
              '   decorators                ::= decorator+\n'
-             '   decorator                 ::= "@" dotted_name ["(" '
-             '[argument_list [","]] ")"] NEWLINE\n'
+             '   decorator                 ::= "@" assignment_expression '
+             'NEWLINE\n'
              '   dotted_name               ::= identifier ("." identifier)*\n'
              '   parameter_list            ::= defparameter ("," '
              'defparameter)* "," "/" ["," [parameter_list_no_posonly]]\n'
@@ -2681,6 +2685,11 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              'the name\n'
              '"func".\n'
              '\n'
+             'Changed in version 3.9: Functions may be decorated with any '
+             'valid\n'
+             '"assignment_expression". Previously, the grammar was much more\n'
+             'restrictive; see **PEP 614** for details.\n'
+             '\n'
              'When one or more *parameters* have the form *parameter* "="\n'
              '*expression*, the function is said to have “default parameter '
              'values.”\n'
@@ -2882,6 +2891,10 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              'function decorators.  The result is then bound to the class '
              'name.\n'
              '\n'
+             'Changed in version 3.9: Classes may be decorated with any valid\n'
+             '"assignment_expression". Previously, the grammar was much more\n'
+             'restrictive; see **PEP 614** for details.\n'
+             '\n'
              '**Programmer’s note:** Variables defined in the class definition '
              'are\n'
              'class attributes; they are shared by instances.  Instance '
@@ -4403,8 +4416,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
          '\n'
          'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
          '\n'
-         '   if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
-         '               ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
+         '   if_stmt ::= "if" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
+         '               ("elif" assignment_expression ":" suite)*\n'
          '               ["else" ":" suite]\n'
          '\n'
          'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the expressions '
@@ -4824,7 +4837,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
               '[","]\n'
               '   starred_expression ::= expression | (starred_item ",")* '
               '[starred_item]\n'
-              '   starred_item       ::= expression | "*" or_expr\n'
+              '   starred_item       ::= assignment_expression | "*" or_expr\n'
               '\n'
               'Except when part of a list or set display, an expression list\n'
               'containing at least one comma yields a tuple.  The length of '
@@ -5134,11 +5147,11 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
                   'only\n'
                   'supported by the numeric types.\n'
                   '\n'
-                  'A general convention is that an empty format string ("""") '
+                  'A general convention is that an empty format specification '
                   'produces\n'
                   'the same result as if you had called "str()" on the value. '
                   'A non-empty\n'
-                  'format string typically modifies the result.\n'
+                  'format specification typically modifies the result.\n'
                   '\n'
                   'The general form of a *standard format specifier* is:\n'
                   '\n'
@@ -5693,8 +5706,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              '[parameter_list] ")"\n'
              '               ["->" expression] ":" suite\n'
              '   decorators                ::= decorator+\n'
-             '   decorator                 ::= "@" dotted_name ["(" '
-             '[argument_list [","]] ")"] NEWLINE\n'
+             '   decorator                 ::= "@" assignment_expression '
+             'NEWLINE\n'
              '   dotted_name               ::= identifier ("." identifier)*\n'
              '   parameter_list            ::= defparameter ("," '
              'defparameter)* "," "/" ["," [parameter_list_no_posonly]]\n'
@@ -5748,6 +5761,11 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
              'the name\n'
              '"func".\n'
              '\n'
+             'Changed in version 3.9: Functions may be decorated with any '
+             'valid\n'
+             '"assignment_expression". Previously, the grammar was much more\n'
+             'restrictive; see **PEP 614** for details.\n'
+             '\n'
              'When one or more *parameters* have the form *parameter* "="\n'
              '*expression*, the function is said to have “default parameter '
              'values.”\n'
@@ -6119,8 +6137,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
        '\n'
        'The "if" statement is used for conditional execution:\n'
        '\n'
-       '   if_stmt ::= "if" expression ":" suite\n'
-       '               ("elif" expression ":" suite)*\n'
+       '   if_stmt ::= "if" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
+       '               ("elif" assignment_expression ":" suite)*\n'
        '               ["else" ":" suite]\n'
        '\n'
        'It selects exactly one of the suites by evaluating the expressions '
@@ -9018,7 +9036,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
                  '\n'
                  'If the metaclass has no "__prepare__" attribute, then the '
                  'class\n'
-                 'namespace is initialised as an empty "dict()".\n'
+                 'namespace is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.\n'
                  '\n'
                  'See also:\n'
                  '\n'
@@ -11196,10 +11214,17 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
           'for\n'
           '   the operands provided.  (The interpreter will then try the\n'
           '   reflected operation, or some other fallback, depending on the\n'
-          '   operator.)  Its truth value is true.\n'
+          '   operator.)  It should not be evaluated in a boolean context.\n'
           '\n'
           '   See Implementing the arithmetic operations for more details.\n'
           '\n'
+          '   Changed in version 3.9: Evaluating "NotImplemented" in a '
+          'boolean\n'
+          '   context is deprecated. While it currently evaluates as true, it\n'
+          '   will emit a "DeprecationWarning". It will raise a "TypeError" in '
+          'a\n'
+          '   future version of Python.\n'
+          '\n'
           'Ellipsis\n'
           '   This type has a single value.  There is a single object with '
           'this\n'
@@ -12487,6 +12512,29 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
                  '         >>> d.values() == d.values()\n'
                  '         False\n'
                  '\n'
+                 '   d | other\n'
+                 '\n'
+                 '      Create a new dictionary with the merged keys and '
+                 'values of *d*\n'
+                 '      and *other*, which must both be dictionaries. The '
+                 'values of\n'
+                 '      *other* take priority when *d* and *other* share '
+                 'keys.\n'
+                 '\n'
+                 '      New in version 3.9.\n'
+                 '\n'
+                 '   d |= other\n'
+                 '\n'
+                 '      Update the dictionary *d* with keys and values from '
+                 '*other*,\n'
+                 '      which may be either a *mapping* or an *iterable* of '
+                 'key/value\n'
+                 '      pairs. The values of *other* take priority when *d* '
+                 'and *other*\n'
+                 '      share keys.\n'
+                 '\n'
+                 '      New in version 3.9.\n'
+                 '\n'
                  '   Dictionaries compare equal if and only if they have the '
                  'same "(key,\n'
                  '   value)" pairs (regardless of ordering). Order comparisons '
@@ -13616,7 +13664,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
           'The "while" statement is used for repeated execution as long as an\n'
           'expression is true:\n'
           '\n'
-          '   while_stmt ::= "while" expression ":" suite\n'
+          '   while_stmt ::= "while" assignment_expression ":" suite\n'
           '                  ["else" ":" suite]\n'
           '\n'
           'This repeatedly tests the expression and, if it is true, executes '
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e2eaa3a100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.9.0a5.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,1310 @@
+.. bpo: 38576
+.. date: 2020-03-14-14-57-44
+.. nonce: OowwQn
+.. release date: 2020-03-23
+.. section: Security
+
+Disallow control characters in hostnames in http.client, addressing
+CVE-2019-18348. Such potentially malicious header injection URLs now cause a
+InvalidURL to be raised.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40010
+.. date: 2020-03-20-13-51-55
+.. nonce: QGf5s8
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Optimize pending calls in multithreaded applications. If a thread different
+than the main thread schedules a pending call (:c:func:`Py_AddPendingCall`),
+the bytecode evaluation loop is no longer interrupted at each bytecode
+instruction to check for pending calls which cannot be executed. Only the
+main thread can execute pending calls.
+
+Previously, the bytecode evaluation loop was interrupted at each instruction
+until the main thread executes pending calls.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-03-20-13-42-35
+.. nonce: bhIu5M
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _weakref extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-03-19-23-34-22
+.. nonce: ayunLM
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _collections module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40010
+.. date: 2020-03-19-02-26-13
+.. nonce: Y-LIR0
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Optimize signal handling in multithreaded applications. If a thread
+different than the main thread gets a signal, the bytecode evaluation loop
+is no longer interrupted at each bytecode instruction to check for pending
+signals which cannot be handled. Only the main thread of the main
+interpreter can handle signals.
+
+Previously, the bytecode evaluation loop was interrupted at each instruction
+until the main thread handles signals.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39984
+.. date: 2020-03-19-00-45-37
+.. nonce: u-bHIq
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+If :c:func:`Py_AddPendingCall` is called in a subinterpreter, the function
+is now scheduled to be called from the subinterpreter, rather than being
+called from the main interpreter. Each subinterpreter now has its own list
+of scheduled calls.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-03-18-19-48-53
+.. nonce: ELEihr
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _heapq module to multiphase initialization.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-03-18-00-17-26
+.. nonce: 7AtdhP
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port itertools module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37207
+.. date: 2020-03-17-22-35-29
+.. nonce: sBAV1j
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Speed up calls to ``frozenset()`` by using the :pep:`590` ``vectorcall``
+calling convention. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39984
+.. date: 2020-03-17-01-55-33
+.. nonce: y5Chgb
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+subinterpreters: Move ``_PyRuntimeState.ceval.tracing_possible`` to
+``PyInterpreterState.ceval.tracing_possible``: each interpreter now has its
+own variable.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37207
+.. date: 2020-03-15-23-16-00
+.. nonce: 6XbnQA
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Speed up calls to ``set()`` by using the :pep:`590` ``vectorcall`` calling
+convention. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-03-15-20-51-15
+.. nonce: iH0JND
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _statistics module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39968
+.. date: 2020-03-15-13-51-10
+.. nonce: f-Xi39
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Use inline function to replace extension modules' get_module_state macros.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39965
+.. date: 2020-03-15-03-52-01
+.. nonce: Od3ZdP
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Correctly raise ``SyntaxError`` if *await* is used inside non-async
+functions and ``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` is set (like in the asyncio
+REPL). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39562
+.. date: 2020-03-12-22-13-50
+.. nonce: E2u273
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Allow executing asynchronous comprehensions on the top level when the
+``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` flag is given. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37207
+.. date: 2020-03-12-02-41-12
+.. nonce: ye7OM3
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Speed up calls to ``tuple()`` by using the :pep:`590` ``vectorcall`` calling
+convention. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38373
+.. date: 2020-03-11-12-28-16
+.. nonce: FE9S21
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Chaged list overallocation strategy. It no longer overallocates if the new
+size is closer to overalocated size than to the old size and adds padding.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39926
+.. date: 2020-03-10-19-14-42
+.. nonce: H19bAa
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Update Unicode database to Unicode version 13.0.0.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 19466
+.. date: 2020-03-08-12-11-38
+.. nonce: OdOpXP
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Clear the frames of daemon threads earlier during the Python shutdown to
+call objects destructors. So "unclosed file" resource warnings are now
+emitted for daemon threads in a more reliable way.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38894
+.. date: 2020-03-06-21-04-39
+.. nonce: nfcGKv
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a bug that was causing incomplete results when calling
+``pathlib.Path.glob`` in the presence of symlinks that point to files where
+the user does not have read access. Patch by Pablo Galindo and Matt
+Wozniski.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39877
+.. date: 2020-03-06-18-30-00
+.. nonce: bzd1y0
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix :c:func:`PyEval_RestoreThread` random crash at exit with daemon threads.
+It now accesses the ``_PyRuntime`` variable directly instead of using
+``tstate->interp->runtime``, since ``tstate`` can be a dangling pointer
+after :c:func:`Py_Finalize` has been called. Moreover, the daemon thread now
+exits before trying to take the GIL.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39871
+.. date: 2020-03-06-06-12-37
+.. nonce: dCAj_2
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a possible :exc:`SystemError` in ``math.{atan2,copysign,remainder}()``
+when the first argument cannot be converted to a :class:`float`. Patch by
+Zachary Spytz.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39776
+.. date: 2020-03-02-20-12-33
+.. nonce: fNaxi_
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix race condition where threads created by PyGILState_Ensure() could get a
+duplicate id.
+
+This affects consumers of tstate->id like the contextvar caching machinery,
+which could return invalid cached objects under heavy thread load (observed
+in embedded scenarios).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39778
+.. date: 2020-03-02-19-21-21
+.. nonce: _YGLEc
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fixed a crash due to incorrect handling of weak references in
+``collections.OrderedDict`` classes. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-02-22-14-33-59
+.. nonce: BTJ0cX
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port audioop extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39702
+.. date: 2020-02-20-08-12-52
+.. nonce: 4_AmyF
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Relax :term:`decorator` grammar restrictions to allow any valid expression
+(:pep:`614`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38091
+.. date: 2020-02-14-23-10-07
+.. nonce: pwR0K7
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Tweak import deadlock detection code to not deadlock itself.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-02-05-07-55-57
+.. nonce: H_tCC9
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _locale extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39087
+.. date: 2020-02-03-21-12-39
+.. nonce: YnbUpL
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Optimize :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUTF8` and :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize`
+slightly when they need to create internal UTF-8 cache.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39520
+.. date: 2020-02-02-00-12-07
+.. nonce: uicBq6
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix unparsing of ext slices with no items (``foo[:,]``). Patch by Batuhan
+Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39220
+.. date: 2020-01-06-13-58-37
+.. nonce: KGFovE
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Do not optimize annotations if 'from __future__ import annotations' is used.
+Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35712
+.. date: 2019-05-08-11-11-45
+.. nonce: KJthus
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Using :data:`NotImplemented` in a boolean context has been deprecated. Patch
+contributed by Josh Rosenberg.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 22490
+.. date: 2018-09-23-16-32-58
+.. nonce: 8e0YDf
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Don't leak environment variable ``__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__`` into the interpreter
+session on macOS.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39830
+.. date: 2020-03-23-05-21-13
+.. nonce: IkqU1Y
+.. section: Library
+
+Add :class:`zipfile.Path` to ``__all__`` in the :mod:`zipfile` module.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40000
+.. date: 2020-03-18-12-54-25
+.. nonce: FnsPZC
+.. section: Library
+
+Improved error messages for validation of ``ast.Constant`` nodes. Patch by
+Batuhan Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39999
+.. date: 2020-03-18-11-50-25
+.. nonce: 8aOXDT
+.. section: Library
+
+``__module__`` of the AST node classes is now set to "ast" instead of
+"_ast". Added docstrings for dummy AST node classes and deprecated
+attributes.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39991
+.. date: 2020-03-17-12-40-38
+.. nonce: hLPPs4
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`uuid.getnode` now skips IPv6 addresses with the same string length
+than a MAC address (17 characters): only use MAC addresses.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39988
+.. date: 2020-03-17-09-35-00
+.. nonce: kXGl35
+.. section: Library
+
+Deprecated ``ast.AugLoad`` and ``ast.AugStore`` node classes because they
+are no longer used.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39656
+.. date: 2020-03-16-11-38-45
+.. nonce: MaNOgm
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure ``bin/python3.#`` is always present in virtual environments on POSIX
+platforms - by Anthony Sottile.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39969
+.. date: 2020-03-15-17-56-48
+.. nonce: 6snm0c
+.. section: Library
+
+Deprecated ``ast.Param`` node class because it's no longer used. Patch by
+Batuhan Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39360
+.. date: 2020-03-15-05-41-05
+.. nonce: cmcU5p
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure all workers exit when finalizing a :class:`multiprocessing.Pool`
+implicitly via the module finalization handlers of multiprocessing. This
+fixes a deadlock situation that can be experienced when the Pool is not
+properly finalized via the context manager or a call to
+``multiprocessing.Pool.terminate``. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya and Pablo
+Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35370
+.. date: 2020-03-13-14-41-28
+.. nonce: df50Q7
+.. section: Library
+
+sys.settrace(), sys.setprofile() and _lsprof.Profiler.enable() now properly
+report :c:func:`PySys_Audit` error if "sys.setprofile" or "sys.settrace"
+audit event is denied.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39936
+.. date: 2020-03-12-21-59-47
+.. nonce: Ca9IKe
+.. section: Library
+
+AIX: Fix _aix_support module when the subprocess is not available, when
+building Python from scratch. It now uses new private _bootsubprocess
+module, rather than having two implementations depending if subprocess is
+available or not. So _aix_support.aix_platform() result is now the same if
+subprocess is available or not.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36144
+.. date: 2020-03-12-11-55-16
+.. nonce: 9bxGH_
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`collections.OrderedDict` now implements ``|`` and ``|=``
+(:pep:`584`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39652
+.. date: 2020-03-11-23-08-25
+.. nonce: gbasrk
+.. section: Library
+
+The column name found in ``sqlite3.Cursor.description`` is now truncated on
+the first '[' only if the PARSE_COLNAMES option is set.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39915
+.. date: 2020-03-10-19-38-47
+.. nonce: CjPeiY
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure :attr:`unittest.mock.AsyncMock.await_args_list` has call objects in
+the order of awaited arguments instead of using
+:attr:`unittest.mock.Mock.call_args` which has the last value of the call.
+Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36144
+.. date: 2020-03-10-19-22-31
+.. nonce: LABm7W
+.. section: Library
+
+Updated :data:`os.environ` and :data:`os.environb` to support :pep:`584`'s
+merge (``|``) and update (``|=``) operators.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38662
+.. date: 2020-03-10-15-32-31
+.. nonce: o1DMXj
+.. section: Library
+
+The ``ensurepip`` module now invokes ``pip`` via the ``runpy`` module. Hence
+it is no longer tightly coupled with the internal API of the bundled ``pip``
+version, allowing easier updates to a newer ``pip`` version both internally
+and for distributors.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38075
+.. date: 2020-03-10-12-52-06
+.. nonce: qbESAF
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix the :meth:`random.Random.seed` method when a :class:`bool` is passed as
+the seed.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39916
+.. date: 2020-03-09-18-56-27
+.. nonce: BHHyp3
+.. section: Library
+
+More reliable use of ``os.scandir()`` in ``Path.glob()``. It no longer emits
+a ResourceWarning when interrupted.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39850
+.. date: 2020-03-09-01-45-06
+.. nonce: eaJNIE
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`multiprocessing` now supports abstract socket addresses (if abstract
+sockets are supported in the running platform). When creating arbitrary
+addresses (like when default-constructing
+:class:`multiprocessing.connection.Listener` objects) abstract sockets are
+preferred to avoid the case when the temporary-file-generated address is too
+large for an AF_UNIX socket address. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36287
+.. date: 2020-03-08-09-53-55
+.. nonce: mxr5m8
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`ast.dump()` no longer outputs optional fields and attributes with
+default values. The default values for optional fields and attributes of AST
+nodes are now set as class attributes (e.g. ``Constant.kind`` is set to
+``None``).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39889
+.. date: 2020-03-07-16-44-51
+.. nonce: 3RYqeX
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed :func:`ast.unparse` for extended slices containing a single element
+(e.g. ``a[i:j,]``). Remove redundant tuples when index with a tuple (e.g.
+``a[i, j]``).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39828
+.. date: 2020-03-05-00-57-49
+.. nonce: yWq9NJ
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :mod:`json.tool` to catch :exc:`BrokenPipeError`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 13487
+.. date: 2020-03-04-16-10-59
+.. nonce: gqe4Fb
+.. section: Library
+
+Avoid a possible *"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"*
+from :func:`inspect.getmodule` when it tried to loop through
+:attr:`sys.modules`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39674
+.. date: 2020-03-03-16-21-41
+.. nonce: HJVkD5
+.. section: Library
+
+Revert "bpo-37330: open() no longer accept 'U' in file mode". The "U" mode
+of open() is kept in Python 3.9 to ease transition from Python 2.7, but will
+be removed in Python 3.10.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 28577
+.. date: 2020-03-02-23-52-38
+.. nonce: EK91ae
+.. section: Library
+
+The hosts method on 32-bit prefix length IPv4Networks and 128-bit prefix
+IPv6Networks now returns a list containing the single Address instead of an
+empty list.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39826
+.. date: 2020-03-02-15-15-01
+.. nonce: DglHk7
+.. section: Library
+
+Add getConnection method to logging HTTPHandler to enable custom
+connections.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39763
+.. date: 2020-03-02-14-43-19
+.. nonce: 5a822c
+.. section: Library
+
+Reimplement :func:`distutils.spawn.spawn` function with the
+:mod:`subprocess` module.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39794
+.. date: 2020-02-29-19-17-39
+.. nonce: 7VjatS
+.. section: Library
+
+Add --without-decimal-contextvar build option.  This enables a thread-local
+rather than a coroutine local context.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36144
+.. date: 2020-02-29-15-54-08
+.. nonce: 4GgTZs
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`collections.defaultdict` now implements ``|`` (:pep:`584`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39517
+.. date: 2020-02-29-11-20-50
+.. nonce: voQZb8
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix runpy.run_path() when using pathlike objects
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39775
+.. date: 2020-02-28-16-42-16
+.. nonce: IuSvVb
+.. section: Library
+
+Change ``inspect.Signature.parameters`` back to ``collections.OrderedDict``.
+This was changed to ``dict`` in Python 3.9.0a4.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39678
+.. date: 2020-02-28-12-59-30
+.. nonce: 3idfxM
+.. section: Library
+
+Refactor queue_manager in :class:`concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor` to
+make it easier to maintain.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39764
+.. date: 2020-02-27-18-21-07
+.. nonce: wqPk68
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix AttributeError when calling get_stack on a PyAsyncGenObject Task
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39769
+.. date: 2020-02-27-00-40-21
+.. nonce: hJmxu4
+.. section: Library
+
+The :func:`compileall.compile_dir` function's *ddir* parameter and the
+compileall command line flag `-d` no longer write the wrong pathname to the
+generated pyc file for submodules beneath the root of the directory tree
+being compiled.  This fixes a regression introduced with Python 3.5.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36144
+.. date: 2020-02-25-09-28-06
+.. nonce: Rbvvi7
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`types.MappingProxyType` objects now support the merge (``|``)
+operator from :pep:`584`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38691
+.. date: 2020-02-23-02-09-03
+.. nonce: oND8Sk
+.. section: Library
+
+The :mod:`importlib` module now ignores the :envvar:`PYTHONCASEOK`
+environment variable when the :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` command line
+options are being used.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39719
+.. date: 2020-02-21-22-35-57
+.. nonce: 2jLy1C
+.. section: Library
+
+Remove :meth:`tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile.softspace` as files no longer
+have the ``softspace`` attribute in Python 3. Patch by Shantanu.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39667
+.. date: 2020-02-17-22-38-15
+.. nonce: QuzEHH
+.. section: Library
+
+Improve pathlib.Path compatibility on zipfile.Path and correct performance
+degradation as found in zipp 3.0.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39638
+.. date: 2020-02-15-20-38-11
+.. nonce: wm_RS3
+.. section: Library
+
+Keep ASDL signatures in the docstrings for ``AST`` nodes. Patch by Batuhan
+Taskaya
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39639
+.. date: 2020-02-15-15-29-34
+.. nonce: 3mqJjm
+.. section: Library
+
+Deprecated ``ast.Suite`` node class because it's no longer used. Patch by
+Batuhan Taskaya.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39609
+.. date: 2020-02-11-19-45-31
+.. nonce: dk40Uw
+.. section: Library
+
+Add thread_name_prefix to default asyncio executor
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39548
+.. date: 2020-02-06-05-33-52
+.. nonce: DF4FFe
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix handling of header in :class:`urllib.request.AbstractDigestAuthHandler`
+when the optional ``qop`` parameter is not present.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39509
+.. date: 2020-02-01-00-03-06
+.. nonce: -YxUSf
+.. section: Library
+
+HTTP status codes ``103 EARLY_HINTS`` and ``425 TOO_EARLY`` are added to
+:class:`http.HTTPStatus`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39507
+.. date: 2020-01-31-14-24-05
+.. nonce: 3oln1a
+.. section: Library
+
+Adding HTTP status 418 "I'm a Teapot" to HTTPStatus in http library. Patch
+by Ross Rhodes.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39495
+.. date: 2020-01-30-07-02-02
+.. nonce: 8LsIRN
+.. section: Library
+
+Remove default value from *attrs* parameter of
+:meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder.start` for consistency between
+Python and C implementations.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38971
+.. date: 2019-12-20-16-06-28
+.. nonce: fKRYlF
+.. section: Library
+
+Open issue in the BPO indicated a desire to make the implementation of
+codecs.open() at parity with io.open(), which implements a try/except to
+assure file stream gets closed before an exception is raised.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38641
+.. date: 2019-10-30-15-31-09
+.. nonce: HrTL9k
+.. section: Library
+
+Added starred expressions support to ``return`` and ``yield`` statements for
+``lib2to3``. Patch by Vlad Emelianov.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37534
+.. date: 2019-08-20-00-02-37
+.. nonce: TvjAUi
+.. section: Library
+
+When using minidom module to generate XML documents the ability to add
+Standalone Document Declaration is added. All the changes are made to
+generate a document in compliance with Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0
+(Fifth Edition) W3C Recommendation (available here:
+https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-prolog-dtd).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34788
+.. date: 2019-07-17-08-26-14
+.. nonce: pwV1OK
+.. section: Library
+
+Add support for scoped IPv6 addresses to :mod:`ipaddress`. Patch by
+Oleksandr Pavliuk.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34822
+.. date: 2018-09-27-19-31-47
+.. nonce: EztBhL
+.. section: Library
+
+Simplified AST for subscription. Simple indices are now represented by their
+value, extended slices are represented as tuples.  :mod:`ast` classes
+``Index`` and ``ExtSlice`` are considered deprecated and will be removed in
+future Python versions. In the meantime, ``Index(value)`` now returns a
+``value`` itself, ``ExtSlice(slices)`` returns ``Tuple(slices, Load())``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39868
+.. date: 2020-03-05-16-29-03
+.. nonce: JQoHhO
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Updated the Language Reference for :pep:`572`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 13790
+.. date: 2020-02-28-14-39-25
+.. nonce: hvLaRI
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Change 'string' to 'specification' in format doc.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 17422
+.. date: 2020-02-27-17-35-27
+.. nonce: eS1hVh
+.. section: Documentation
+
+The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
+only.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39530
+.. date: 2020-02-23-13-26-40
+.. nonce: _bCvzQ
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Fix misleading documentation about mixed-type numeric comparisons.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39718
+.. date: 2020-02-21-22-05-20
+.. nonce: xtBoSi
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Update :mod:`token` documentation to reflect additions in Python 3.8
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39677
+.. date: 2020-02-18-14-28-31
+.. nonce: vNHqoX
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Changed operand name of **MAKE_FUNCTION** from *argc* to *flags* for module
+:mod:`dis`
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40019
+.. date: 2020-03-20-00-30-36
+.. nonce: zOqHpQ
+.. section: Tests
+
+test_gdb now skips tests if it detects that gdb failed to read debug
+information because the Python binary is optimized.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27807
+.. date: 2020-03-18-16-04-33
+.. nonce: 9gKjET
+.. section: Tests
+
+``test_site.test_startup_imports()`` is now skipped if a path of
+:data:`sys.path` contains a ``.pth`` file.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 26067
+.. date: 2020-03-16-20-54-55
+.. nonce: m18_VV
+.. section: Tests
+
+Do not fail test_shutil test_chown test when uid or gid of user cannot be
+resolved to a name.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39855
+.. date: 2020-03-04-23-03-01
+.. nonce: Ql5xv8
+.. section: Tests
+
+test_subprocess.test_user() now skips the test on an user name if the user
+name doesn't exist. For example, skip the test if the user "nobody" doesn't
+exist on Linux.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39761
+.. date: 2020-03-03-15-56-07
+.. nonce: k10aGe
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix build with DTrace but without additional DFLAGS.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39763
+.. date: 2020-03-02-14-44-09
+.. nonce: GGEwhH
+.. section: Build
+
+setup.py now uses a basic implementation of the :mod:`subprocess` module if
+the :mod:`subprocess` module is not available: before required C extension
+modules are built.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1294959
+.. date: 2020-02-06-18-08-25
+.. nonce: AZPg4R
+.. section: Build
+
+Add ``--with-platlibdir`` option to the configure script: name of the
+platform-specific library directory, stored in the new
+:attr:`sys.platlibdir` attribute. It is used to build the path of
+platform-specific dynamic libraries and the path of the standard library. It
+is equal to ``"lib"`` on most platforms. On Fedora and SuSE, it is equal to
+``"lib64"`` on 64-bit platforms. Patch by Jan Matějek, Matěj Cepl,
+Charalampos Stratakis and Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39930
+.. date: 2020-03-11-10-15-56
+.. nonce: LGHw1j
+.. section: Windows
+
+Ensures the required :file:`vcruntime140.dll` is included in install
+packages.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39847
+.. date: 2020-03-04-17-05-11
+.. nonce: C3N2m3
+.. section: Windows
+
+Avoid hang when computer is hibernated whilst waiting for a mutex (for
+lock-related objects from :mod:`threading`) around 49-day uptime.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38597
+.. date: 2020-03-01-15-04-54
+.. nonce: MnHdYl
+.. section: Windows
+
+:mod:`distutils` will no longer statically link :file:`vcruntime140.dll`
+when a redistributable version is unavailable. All future releases of
+CPython will include a copy of this DLL to ensure distributed extensions can
+continue to load.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38380
+.. date: 2020-02-28-23-51-27
+.. nonce: TpOBCj
+.. section: Windows
+
+Update Windows builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39789
+.. date: 2020-02-28-22-46-09
+.. nonce: 67XRoP
+.. section: Windows
+
+Update Windows release build machines to Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC 14.2).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34803
+.. date: 2020-02-25-18-43-34
+.. nonce: S3VcS0
+.. section: Windows
+
+Package for nuget.org now includes repository reference and bundled icon
+image.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38380
+.. date: 2020-02-28-23-51-47
+.. nonce: u-ySyA
+.. section: macOS
+
+Update macOS builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27115
+.. date: 2020-03-09-02-45-12
+.. nonce: 8hSHMo
+.. section: IDLE
+
+For 'Go to Line', use a Query box subclass with IDLE standard behavior and
+improved error checking.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39885
+.. date: 2020-03-08-14-27-36
+.. nonce: 29ERiR
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Since clicking to get an IDLE context menu moves the cursor, any text
+selection should be and now is cleared.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39852
+.. date: 2020-03-06-01-55-14
+.. nonce: QjA1qF
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Edit "Go to line" now clears any selection, preventing accidental deletion.
+It also updates Ln and Col on the status bar.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39781
+.. date: 2020-02-27-22-17-09
+.. nonce: bbYBeL
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Selecting code context lines no longer causes a jump.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36184
+.. date: 2020-03-09-13-28-13
+.. nonce: BMPJ0D
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Port python-gdb.py to FreeBSD. python-gdb.py now checks for "take_gil"
+function name to check if a frame tries to acquire the GIL, instead of
+checking for "pthread_cond_timedwait" which is specific to Linux and can be
+a different condition than the GIL.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38080
+.. date: 2019-09-18-13-49-56
+.. nonce: Nbl7lF
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Added support to fix ``getproxies`` in the :mod:`lib2to3.fixes.fix_urllib`
+module. Patch by José Roberto Meza Cabrera.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40024
+.. date: 2020-03-20-18-41-33
+.. nonce: 9zHpve
+.. section: C API
+
+Add :c:func:`PyModule_AddType` helper function: add a type to a module.
+Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39946
+.. date: 2020-03-20-17-05-52
+.. nonce: 3NS-Ls
+.. section: C API
+
+Remove ``_PyRuntime.getframe`` hook and remove ``_PyThreadState_GetFrame``
+macro which was an alias to ``_PyRuntime.getframe``. They were only exposed
+by the internal C API. Remove also ``PyThreadFrameGetter`` type.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39947
+.. date: 2020-03-20-14-55-09
+.. nonce: W7uCJ3
+.. section: C API
+
+Add :c:func:`PyThreadState_GetFrame` function: get the current frame of a
+Python thread state.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37207
+.. date: 2020-03-14-01-56-03
+.. nonce: R3jaTy
+.. section: C API
+
+Add _PyArg_NoKwnames helper function. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39947
+.. date: 2020-03-13-18-10-58
+.. nonce: gmEAaU
+.. section: C API
+
+Add :c:func:`PyThreadState_GetInterpreter`: get the interpreter of a Python
+thread state.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39947
+.. date: 2020-03-13-17-43-00
+.. nonce: 1Cu_d2
+.. section: C API
+
+Add :c:func:`PyInterpreterState_Get` function to the limited C API.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35370
+.. date: 2020-03-13-16-44-23
+.. nonce: sXRA-r
+.. section: C API
+
+If :c:func:`PySys_Audit` fails in :c:func:`PyEval_SetProfile` or
+:c:func:`PyEval_SetTrace`, log the error as an unraisable exception.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39947
+.. date: 2020-03-13-00-15-19
+.. nonce: w3dIru
+.. section: C API
+
+Move the static inline function flavor of Py_EnterRecursiveCall() and
+Py_LeaveRecursiveCall() to the internal C API: they access PyThreadState
+attributes. The limited C API provides regular functions which hide
+implementation details.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39947
+.. date: 2020-03-12-23-47-57
+.. nonce: -nCdFV
+.. section: C API
+
+Py_TRASHCAN_BEGIN_CONDITION and Py_TRASHCAN_END macro no longer access
+PyThreadState attributes, but call new private _PyTrash_begin() and
+_PyTrash_end() functions which hide implementation details.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39884
+.. date: 2020-03-12-00-27-26
+.. nonce: CGOJBO
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:func:`PyDescr_NewMethod` and :c:func:`PyCFunction_NewEx` now include the
+method name in the SystemError "bad call flags" error message to ease debug.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39877
+.. date: 2020-03-10-00-18-16
+.. nonce: GOYtIm
+.. section: C API
+
+Deprecated :c:func:`PyEval_InitThreads` and
+:c:func:`PyEval_ThreadsInitialized`. Calling :c:func:`PyEval_InitThreads`
+now does nothing.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38249
+.. date: 2020-03-09-20-27-19
+.. nonce: IxYbQy
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:macro:`Py_UNREACHABLE` is now implemented with
+``__builtin_unreachable()`` and analogs in release mode.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38643
+.. date: 2020-03-08-22-56-22
+.. nonce: k2ixx6
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:func:`PyNumber_ToBase` now raises a :exc:`SystemError` instead of
+crashing when called with invalid base.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39882
+.. date: 2020-03-06-23-56-04
+.. nonce: Iqhcqm
+.. section: C API
+
+The :c:func:`Py_FatalError` function is replaced with a macro which logs
+automatically the name of the current function, unless the
+``Py_LIMITED_API`` macro is defined.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39824
+.. date: 2020-03-02-11-29-45
+.. nonce: 71_ZMn
+.. section: C API
+
+Extension modules: :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_traverse`,
+:c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_clear` and :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_free`
+functions of :c:type:`PyModuleDef` are no longer called if the module state
+was requested but is not allocated yet. This is the case immediately after
+the module is created and before the module is executed
+(:c:data:`Py_mod_exec` function). More precisely, these functions are not
+called if :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_size` is greater than 0 and the module
+state (as returned by :c:func:`PyModule_GetState`) is ``NULL``.
+
+Extension modules without module state (``m_size <= 0``) are not affected.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38913
+.. date: 2020-02-25-20-10-34
+.. nonce: siF1lS
+.. section: C API
+
+Fixed segfault in ``Py_BuildValue()`` called with a format containing "#"
+and undefined PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN whwn an exception is set.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38500
+.. date: 2019-11-22-14-06-28
+.. nonce: nPEdjH
+.. section: C API
+
+Add a private API to get and set the frame evaluation function: add
+:c:func:`_PyInterpreterState_GetEvalFrameFunc` and
+:c:func:`_PyInterpreterState_SetEvalFrameFunc` C functions. The
+:c:type:`_PyFrameEvalFunction` function type now takes a *tstate* parameter.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-02-06-18-08-25.bpo-1294959.AZPg4R.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-02-06-18-08-25.bpo-1294959.AZPg4R.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a90d6300f33..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-02-06-18-08-25.bpo-1294959.AZPg4R.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Add ``--with-platlibdir`` option to the configure script: name of the
-platform-specific library directory, stored in the new :attr:`sys.platlibdir`
-attribute. It is used to build the path of platform-specific dynamic libraries
-and the path of the standard library. It is equal to ``"lib"`` on most
-platforms. On Fedora and SuSE, it is equal to ``"lib64"`` on 64-bit platforms.
-Patch by Jan Matějek, Matěj Cepl, Charalampos Stratakis and Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-02-14-44-09.bpo-39763.GGEwhH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-02-14-44-09.bpo-39763.GGEwhH.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e983b4f338a..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-02-14-44-09.bpo-39763.GGEwhH.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-setup.py now uses a basic implementation of the :mod:`subprocess` module if
-the :mod:`subprocess` module is not available: before required C extension
-modules are built.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-03-15-56-07.bpo-39761.k10aGe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-03-15-56-07.bpo-39761.k10aGe.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e3f17cfbd94..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-03-03-15-56-07.bpo-39761.k10aGe.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix build with DTrace but without additional DFLAGS.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-11-22-14-06-28.bpo-38500.nPEdjH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-11-22-14-06-28.bpo-38500.nPEdjH.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f1ccfacd2c8..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2019-11-22-14-06-28.bpo-38500.nPEdjH.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Add a private API to get and set the frame evaluation function: add
-:c:func:`_PyInterpreterState_GetEvalFrameFunc` and
-:c:func:`_PyInterpreterState_SetEvalFrameFunc` C functions.
-The :c:type:`_PyFrameEvalFunction` function type now takes a *tstate*
-parameter.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-25-20-10-34.bpo-38913.siF1lS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-25-20-10-34.bpo-38913.siF1lS.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e4d1210315..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-25-20-10-34.bpo-38913.siF1lS.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed segfault in ``Py_BuildValue()`` called with a format containing "#"
-and undefined PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN whwn an exception is set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-02-11-29-45.bpo-39824.71_ZMn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-02-11-29-45.bpo-39824.71_ZMn.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index ae0a872c93e..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-02-11-29-45.bpo-39824.71_ZMn.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-Extension modules: :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_traverse`,
-:c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_clear` and :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_free` functions
-of :c:type:`PyModuleDef` are no longer called if the module state was requested
-but is not allocated yet. This is the case immediately after the module is
-created and before the module is executed (:c:data:`Py_mod_exec` function). More
-precisely, these functions are not called if :c:member:`~PyModuleDef.m_size` is
-greater than 0 and the module state (as returned by
-:c:func:`PyModule_GetState`) is ``NULL``.
-
-Extension modules without module state (``m_size <= 0``) are not affected.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-06-23-56-04.bpo-39882.Iqhcqm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-06-23-56-04.bpo-39882.Iqhcqm.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index b5eae7af721..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-06-23-56-04.bpo-39882.Iqhcqm.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-The :c:func:`Py_FatalError` function is replaced with a macro which logs
-automatically the name of the current function, unless the ``Py_LIMITED_API``
-macro is defined.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 1e6472fd557..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-08-22-56-22.bpo-38643.k2ixx6.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:c:func:`PyNumber_ToBase` now raises a :exc:`SystemError` instead of
-crashing when called with invalid base.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-09-20-27-19.bpo-38249.IxYbQy.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-09-20-27-19.bpo-38249.IxYbQy.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e209c8bd7e6..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-09-20-27-19.bpo-38249.IxYbQy.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:c:macro:`Py_UNREACHABLE` is now implemented with
-``__builtin_unreachable()`` and analogs in release mode.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-10-00-18-16.bpo-39877.GOYtIm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-10-00-18-16.bpo-39877.GOYtIm.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e07118775a1..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-10-00-18-16.bpo-39877.GOYtIm.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Deprecated :c:func:`PyEval_InitThreads` and
-:c:func:`PyEval_ThreadsInitialized`. Calling :c:func:`PyEval_InitThreads` now
-does nothing.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-00-27-26.bpo-39884.CGOJBO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-00-27-26.bpo-39884.CGOJBO.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c65dfdc2124..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-00-27-26.bpo-39884.CGOJBO.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:c:func:`PyDescr_NewMethod` and :c:func:`PyCFunction_NewEx` now include the
-method name in the SystemError "bad call flags" error message to ease debug.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-23-47-57.bpo-39947.-nCdFV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-23-47-57.bpo-39947.-nCdFV.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 559d3dc48de..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-12-23-47-57.bpo-39947.-nCdFV.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Py_TRASHCAN_BEGIN_CONDITION and Py_TRASHCAN_END macro no longer access
-PyThreadState attributes, but call new private _PyTrash_begin() and
-_PyTrash_end() functions which hide implementation details.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-00-15-19.bpo-39947.w3dIru.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-00-15-19.bpo-39947.w3dIru.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index f10161c06d4..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-00-15-19.bpo-39947.w3dIru.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Move the static inline function flavor of Py_EnterRecursiveCall() and
-Py_LeaveRecursiveCall() to the internal C API: they access PyThreadState
-attributes. The limited C API provides regular functions which hide
-implementation details.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-16-44-23.bpo-35370.sXRA-r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-16-44-23.bpo-35370.sXRA-r.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d3f1d293b69..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-16-44-23.bpo-35370.sXRA-r.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-If :c:func:`PySys_Audit` fails in :c:func:`PyEval_SetProfile` or
-:c:func:`PyEval_SetTrace`, log the error as an unraisable exception.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-17-43-00.bpo-39947.1Cu_d2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-17-43-00.bpo-39947.1Cu_d2.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index c7184be7580..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-17-43-00.bpo-39947.1Cu_d2.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add :c:func:`PyInterpreterState_Get` function to the limited C API.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-18-10-58.bpo-39947.gmEAaU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-18-10-58.bpo-39947.gmEAaU.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 668cdbcc171..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-13-18-10-58.bpo-39947.gmEAaU.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add :c:func:`PyThreadState_GetInterpreter`: get the interpreter of a Python
-thread state.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-14-01-56-03.bpo-37207.R3jaTy.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-14-01-56-03.bpo-37207.R3jaTy.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 216a8217f55..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-14-01-56-03.bpo-37207.R3jaTy.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add _PyArg_NoKwnames helper function. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-14-55-09.bpo-39947.W7uCJ3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-14-55-09.bpo-39947.W7uCJ3.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 33988489a6d..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-14-55-09.bpo-39947.W7uCJ3.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add :c:func:`PyThreadState_GetFrame` function: get the current frame of a
-Python thread state.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-17-05-52.bpo-39946.3NS-Ls.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-17-05-52.bpo-39946.3NS-Ls.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f0e4b7c68c..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-17-05-52.bpo-39946.3NS-Ls.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Remove ``_PyRuntime.getframe`` hook and remove ``_PyThreadState_GetFrame``
-macro which was an alias to ``_PyRuntime.getframe``. They were only exposed
-by the internal C API. Remove also ``PyThreadFrameGetter`` type.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-18-41-33.bpo-40024.9zHpve.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-18-41-33.bpo-40024.9zHpve.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a0b33dd9f13..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-20-18-41-33.bpo-40024.9zHpve.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add :c:func:`PyModule_AddType` helper function: add a type to a module. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-09-23-16-32-58.bpo-22490.8e0YDf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-09-23-16-32-58.bpo-22490.8e0YDf.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a281f024249..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-09-23-16-32-58.bpo-22490.8e0YDf.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Don't leak environment variable ``__PYVENV_LAUNCHER__`` into the interpreter
-session on macOS.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-05-08-11-11-45.bpo-35712.KJthus.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-05-08-11-11-45.bpo-35712.KJthus.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a68632883f..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-05-08-11-11-45.bpo-35712.KJthus.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Using :data:`NotImplemented` in a boolean context has been deprecated. Patch
-contributed by Josh Rosenberg.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-06-13-58-37.bpo-39220.KGFovE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-06-13-58-37.bpo-39220.KGFovE.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 617d35e1a1e..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-06-13-58-37.bpo-39220.KGFovE.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Do not optimize annotations if 'from __future__ import annotations' is used.
-Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-02-00-12-07.bpo-39520.uicBq6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-02-00-12-07.bpo-39520.uicBq6.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index dec67656fa8..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-02-00-12-07.bpo-39520.uicBq6.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix unparsing of ext slices with no items (``foo[:,]``). Patch by Batuhan
-Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-03-21-12-39.bpo-39087.YnbUpL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-03-21-12-39.bpo-39087.YnbUpL.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 847f78f5b18..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-03-21-12-39.bpo-39087.YnbUpL.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Optimize :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUTF8` and :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize`
-slightly when they need to create internal UTF-8 cache.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-05-07-55-57.bpo-1635741.H_tCC9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-05-07-55-57.bpo-1635741.H_tCC9.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index a9e1e50da31..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-05-07-55-57.bpo-1635741.H_tCC9.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _locale extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-14-23-10-07.bpo-38091.pwR0K7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-14-23-10-07.bpo-38091.pwR0K7.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 55e326155ce..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-14-23-10-07.bpo-38091.pwR0K7.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Tweak import deadlock detection code to not deadlock itself.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-20-08-12-52.bpo-39702.4_AmyF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-20-08-12-52.bpo-39702.4_AmyF.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-20-08-12-52.bpo-39702.4_AmyF.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Relax :term:`decorator` grammar restrictions to allow any valid expression
-(:pep:`614`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-22-14-33-59.bpo-1635741.BTJ0cX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-22-14-33-59.bpo-1635741.BTJ0cX.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-22-14-33-59.bpo-1635741.BTJ0cX.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port audioop extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-19-21-21.bpo-39778._YGLEc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-19-21-21.bpo-39778._YGLEc.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-19-21-21.bpo-39778._YGLEc.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a crash due to incorrect handling of weak references in
-``collections.OrderedDict`` classes. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-20-12-33.bpo-39776.fNaxi_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-02-20-12-33.bpo-39776.fNaxi_.rst
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-Fix race condition where threads created by PyGILState_Ensure() could get a
-duplicate id.
-
-This affects consumers of tstate->id like the contextvar caching machinery,
-which could return invalid cached objects under heavy thread load (observed
-in embedded scenarios).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-06-12-37.bpo-39871.dCAj_2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-06-12-37.bpo-39871.dCAj_2.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a possible :exc:`SystemError` in ``math.{atan2,copysign,remainder}()``
-when the first argument cannot be converted to a :class:`float`. Patch by
-Zachary Spytz.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-18-30-00.bpo-39877.bzd1y0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-18-30-00.bpo-39877.bzd1y0.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-18-30-00.bpo-39877.bzd1y0.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Fix :c:func:`PyEval_RestoreThread` random crash at exit with daemon threads.
-It now accesses the ``_PyRuntime`` variable directly instead of using
-``tstate->interp->runtime``, since ``tstate`` can be a dangling pointer after
-:c:func:`Py_Finalize` has been called. Moreover, the daemon thread now exits
-before trying to take the GIL.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-21-04-39.bpo-38894.nfcGKv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-21-04-39.bpo-38894.nfcGKv.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-06-21-04-39.bpo-38894.nfcGKv.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug that was causing incomplete results when calling
-``pathlib.Path.glob`` in the presence of symlinks that point
-to files where the user does not have read access. Patch by Pablo
-Galindo and Matt Wozniski.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-08-12-11-38.bpo-19466.OdOpXP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-08-12-11-38.bpo-19466.OdOpXP.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-08-12-11-38.bpo-19466.OdOpXP.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Clear the frames of daemon threads earlier during the Python shutdown to
-call objects destructors. So "unclosed file" resource warnings are now
-emitted for daemon threads in a more reliable way.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-10-19-14-42.bpo-39926.H19bAa.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-10-19-14-42.bpo-39926.H19bAa.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-10-19-14-42.bpo-39926.H19bAa.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update Unicode database to Unicode version 13.0.0.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-11-12-28-16.bpo-38373.FE9S21.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-11-12-28-16.bpo-38373.FE9S21.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Chaged list overallocation strategy. It no longer overallocates if the new
-size is closer to overalocated size than to the old size and adds padding.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-02-41-12.bpo-37207.ye7OM3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-02-41-12.bpo-37207.ye7OM3.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-02-41-12.bpo-37207.ye7OM3.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Speed up calls to ``tuple()`` by using the :pep:`590` ``vectorcall`` calling
-convention. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-22-13-50.bpo-39562.E2u273.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-22-13-50.bpo-39562.E2u273.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-12-22-13-50.bpo-39562.E2u273.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Allow executing asynchronous comprehensions on the top level when the
-``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` flag is given. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-03-52-01.bpo-39965.Od3ZdP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-03-52-01.bpo-39965.Od3ZdP.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Correctly raise ``SyntaxError`` if *await* is used inside non-async
-functions and ``PyCF_ALLOW_TOP_LEVEL_AWAIT`` is set (like in the asyncio
-REPL). Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-13-51-10.bpo-39968.f-Xi39.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-13-51-10.bpo-39968.f-Xi39.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-13-51-10.bpo-39968.f-Xi39.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Use inline function to replace extension modules' get_module_state macros.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-20-51-15.bpo-1635741.iH0JND.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-20-51-15.bpo-1635741.iH0JND.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-20-51-15.bpo-1635741.iH0JND.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _statistics module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-23-16-00.bpo-37207.6XbnQA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-23-16-00.bpo-37207.6XbnQA.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-15-23-16-00.bpo-37207.6XbnQA.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Speed up calls to ``set()`` by using the :pep:`590` ``vectorcall`` calling
-convention. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-17-01-55-33.bpo-39984.y5Chgb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-17-01-55-33.bpo-39984.y5Chgb.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-subinterpreters: Move ``_PyRuntimeState.ceval.tracing_possible`` to
-``PyInterpreterState.ceval.tracing_possible``: each interpreter now has its own
-variable.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-17-22-35-29.bpo-37207.sBAV1j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-17-22-35-29.bpo-37207.sBAV1j.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-17-22-35-29.bpo-37207.sBAV1j.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Speed up calls to ``frozenset()`` by using the :pep:`590` ``vectorcall``
-calling convention. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-18-00-17-26.bpo-1635741.7AtdhP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-18-00-17-26.bpo-1635741.7AtdhP.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-18-00-17-26.bpo-1635741.7AtdhP.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port itertools module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-18-19-48-53.bpo-1635741.ELEihr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-18-19-48-53.bpo-1635741.ELEihr.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-18-19-48-53.bpo-1635741.ELEihr.rst	
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _heapq module to multiphase initialization.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-00-45-37.bpo-39984.u-bHIq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-00-45-37.bpo-39984.u-bHIq.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-If :c:func:`Py_AddPendingCall` is called in a subinterpreter, the function is
-now scheduled to be called from the subinterpreter, rather than being called
-from the main interpreter. Each subinterpreter now has its own list of
-scheduled calls.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-02-26-13.bpo-40010.Y-LIR0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-02-26-13.bpo-40010.Y-LIR0.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-02-26-13.bpo-40010.Y-LIR0.rst	
+++ /dev/null
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-Optimize signal handling in multithreaded applications. If a thread different
-than the main thread gets a signal, the bytecode evaluation loop is no longer
-interrupted at each bytecode instruction to check for pending signals which
-cannot be handled. Only the main thread of the main interpreter can handle
-signals.
-
-Previously, the bytecode evaluation loop was interrupted at each instruction
-until the main thread handles signals.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-23-34-22.bpo-1635741.ayunLM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-19-23-34-22.bpo-1635741.ayunLM.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Port _collections module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-20-13-42-35.bpo-1635741.bhIu5M.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-20-13-42-35.bpo-1635741.bhIu5M.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Port _weakref extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-20-13-51-55.bpo-40010.QGf5s8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-03-20-13-51-55.bpo-40010.QGf5s8.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Optimize pending calls in multithreaded applications. If a thread different
-than the main thread schedules a pending call (:c:func:`Py_AddPendingCall`),
-the bytecode evaluation loop is no longer interrupted at each bytecode
-instruction to check for pending calls which cannot be executed. Only the
-main thread can execute pending calls.
-
-Previously, the bytecode evaluation loop was interrupted at each instruction
-until the main thread executes pending calls.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-14-28-31.bpo-39677.vNHqoX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-14-28-31.bpo-39677.vNHqoX.rst
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-Changed operand name of **MAKE_FUNCTION** from *argc* to *flags* for module :mod:`dis`
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-21-22-05-20.bpo-39718.xtBoSi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-21-22-05-20.bpo-39718.xtBoSi.rst
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-Update :mod:`token` documentation to reflect additions in Python 3.8
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-Fix misleading documentation about mixed-type numeric comparisons.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst
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-The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
-only.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-28-14-39-25.bpo-13790.hvLaRI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-28-14-39-25.bpo-13790.hvLaRI.rst
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-Change 'string' to 'specification' in format doc.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-05-16-29-03.bpo-39868.JQoHhO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-03-05-16-29-03.bpo-39868.JQoHhO.rst
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-Updated the Language Reference for :pep:`572`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-27-22-17-09.bpo-39781.bbYBeL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-27-22-17-09.bpo-39781.bbYBeL.rst
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-Selecting code context lines no longer causes a jump.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-06-01-55-14.bpo-39852.QjA1qF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-06-01-55-14.bpo-39852.QjA1qF.rst
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-Edit "Go to line" now clears any selection, preventing accidental deletion.
-It also updates Ln and Col on the status bar.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-08-14-27-36.bpo-39885.29ERiR.rst
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-Since clicking to get an IDLE context menu moves the cursor,
-any text selection should be and now is cleared.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-09-02-45-12.bpo-27115.8hSHMo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-03-09-02-45-12.bpo-27115.8hSHMo.rst
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-For 'Go to Line', use a Query box subclass with IDLE standard behavior
-and improved error checking.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-09-27-19-31-47.bpo-34822.EztBhL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-09-27-19-31-47.bpo-34822.EztBhL.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Simplified AST for subscription. Simple indices are now represented by their
-value, extended slices are represented as tuples.  :mod:`ast` classes
-``Index`` and ``ExtSlice`` are considered deprecated and will be removed in
-future Python versions. In the meantime, ``Index(value)`` now returns
-a ``value`` itself, ``ExtSlice(slices)`` returns ``Tuple(slices, Load())``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-07-17-08-26-14.bpo-34788.pwV1OK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-07-17-08-26-14.bpo-34788.pwV1OK.rst
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-Add support for scoped IPv6 addresses to :mod:`ipaddress`. Patch by Oleksandr 
-Pavliuk.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-20-00-02-37.bpo-37534.TvjAUi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-08-20-00-02-37.bpo-37534.TvjAUi.rst
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-When using minidom module to generate XML documents the ability to add Standalone Document Declaration is added.
-All the changes are made to generate a document in compliance with Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition) W3C Recommendation (available here: https://www.w3.org/TR/xml/#sec-prolog-dtd).
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-Added starred expressions support to ``return`` and ``yield`` statements for
-``lib2to3``. Patch by Vlad Emelianov.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-20-16-06-28.bpo-38971.fKRYlF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-20-16-06-28.bpo-38971.fKRYlF.rst
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-Open issue in the BPO indicated a desire to make the implementation of
-codecs.open() at parity with io.open(), which implements a try/except to
-assure file stream gets closed before an exception is raised.
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-Remove default value from *attrs* parameter of :meth:`xml.etree.ElementTree.TreeBuilder.start` for consistency between Python and C implementations.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-31-14-24-05.bpo-39507.3oln1a.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-31-14-24-05.bpo-39507.3oln1a.rst
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-Adding HTTP status 418 "I'm a Teapot" to HTTPStatus in http library. Patch by Ross Rhodes.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-01-00-03-06.bpo-39509.-YxUSf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-01-00-03-06.bpo-39509.-YxUSf.rst
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-HTTP status codes ``103 EARLY_HINTS`` and ``425 TOO_EARLY`` are added to
-:class:`http.HTTPStatus`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-06-05-33-52.bpo-39548.DF4FFe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-06-05-33-52.bpo-39548.DF4FFe.rst
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-Fix handling of header in :class:`urllib.request.AbstractDigestAuthHandler` when the optional ``qop`` parameter
-is not present.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-11-19-45-31.bpo-39609.dk40Uw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-11-19-45-31.bpo-39609.dk40Uw.rst
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-Add thread_name_prefix to default asyncio executor
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-15-15-29-34.bpo-39639.3mqJjm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-15-15-29-34.bpo-39639.3mqJjm.rst
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-Deprecated ``ast.Suite`` node class because it's no longer used. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-15-20-38-11.bpo-39638.wm_RS3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-15-20-38-11.bpo-39638.wm_RS3.rst
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-Keep ASDL signatures in the docstrings for ``AST`` nodes. Patch by Batuhan
-Taskaya
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-17-22-38-15.bpo-39667.QuzEHH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-17-22-38-15.bpo-39667.QuzEHH.rst
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-Improve pathlib.Path compatibility on zipfile.Path and correct performance degradation as found in zipp 3.0.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-22-35-57.bpo-39719.2jLy1C.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-22-35-57.bpo-39719.2jLy1C.rst
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-Remove :meth:`tempfile.SpooledTemporaryFile.softspace` as files no longer have the ``softspace`` attribute in Python 3. Patch by Shantanu.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-23-02-09-03.bpo-38691.oND8Sk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-23-02-09-03.bpo-38691.oND8Sk.rst
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-The :mod:`importlib` module now ignores the :envvar:`PYTHONCASEOK`
-environment variable when the :option:`-E` or :option:`-I` command line
-options are being used.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-25-09-28-06.bpo-36144.Rbvvi7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-25-09-28-06.bpo-36144.Rbvvi7.rst
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-:class:`types.MappingProxyType` objects now support the merge (``|``) operator
-from :pep:`584`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-27-00-40-21.bpo-39769.hJmxu4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-27-00-40-21.bpo-39769.hJmxu4.rst
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-The :func:`compileall.compile_dir` function's *ddir* parameter and the
-compileall command line flag `-d` no longer write the wrong pathname to the
-generated pyc file for submodules beneath the root of the directory tree
-being compiled.  This fixes a regression introduced with Python 3.5.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-27-18-21-07.bpo-39764.wqPk68.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-27-18-21-07.bpo-39764.wqPk68.rst
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-Fix AttributeError when calling get_stack on a PyAsyncGenObject Task
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-28-12-59-30.bpo-39678.3idfxM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-28-12-59-30.bpo-39678.3idfxM.rst
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-Refactor queue_manager in :class:`concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor` to
-make it easier to maintain.
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-Change ``inspect.Signature.parameters`` back to ``collections.OrderedDict``.
-This was changed to ``dict`` in Python 3.9.0a4.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-11-20-50.bpo-39517.voQZb8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-11-20-50.bpo-39517.voQZb8.rst
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-Fix runpy.run_path() when using pathlike objects
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-15-54-08.bpo-36144.4GgTZs.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-15-54-08.bpo-36144.4GgTZs.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-:class:`collections.defaultdict` now implements ``|`` (:pep:`584`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-19-17-39.bpo-39794.7VjatS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-29-19-17-39.bpo-39794.7VjatS.rst
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-Add --without-decimal-contextvar build option.  This enables a thread-local
-rather than a coroutine local context.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-02-14-43-19.bpo-39763.5a822c.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-02-14-43-19.bpo-39763.5a822c.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Reimplement :func:`distutils.spawn.spawn` function with the
-:mod:`subprocess` module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-02-15-15-01.bpo-39826.DglHk7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-02-15-15-01.bpo-39826.DglHk7.rst
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-Add getConnection method to logging HTTPHandler to enable custom connections.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-02-23-52-38.bpo-28577.EK91ae.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-02-23-52-38.bpo-28577.EK91ae.rst
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-The hosts method on 32-bit prefix length IPv4Networks and 128-bit prefix IPv6Networks now returns a list containing the single Address instead of an empty list.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-03-16-21-41.bpo-39674.HJVkD5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-03-16-21-41.bpo-39674.HJVkD5.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Revert "bpo-37330: open() no longer accept 'U' in file mode". The "U" mode of
-open() is kept in Python 3.9 to ease transition from Python 2.7, but will be
-removed in Python 3.10.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-04-16-10-59.bpo-13487.gqe4Fb.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Avoid a possible *"RuntimeError: dictionary changed size during iteration"*
-from :func:`inspect.getmodule` when it tried to loop through
-:attr:`sys.modules`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-05-00-57-49.bpo-39828.yWq9NJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-05-00-57-49.bpo-39828.yWq9NJ.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix :mod:`json.tool` to catch :exc:`BrokenPipeError`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-07-16-44-51.bpo-39889.3RYqeX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-07-16-44-51.bpo-39889.3RYqeX.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fixed :func:`ast.unparse` for extended slices containing a single element
-(e.g. ``a[i:j,]``). Remove redundant tuples when index with a tuple (e.g.
-``a[i, j]``).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-08-09-53-55.bpo-36287.mxr5m8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-08-09-53-55.bpo-36287.mxr5m8.rst
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-:func:`ast.dump()` no longer outputs optional fields and attributes with
-default values. The default values for optional fields and attributes of
-AST nodes are now set as class attributes (e.g. ``Constant.kind`` is set
-to ``None``).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-01-45-06.bpo-39850.eaJNIE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-01-45-06.bpo-39850.eaJNIE.rst
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-:mod:`multiprocessing` now supports abstract socket addresses (if abstract sockets
-are supported in the running platform). When creating arbitrary addresses (like when
-default-constructing :class:`multiprocessing.connection.Listener` objects) abstract
-sockets are preferred to avoid the case when the temporary-file-generated address is
-too large for an AF_UNIX socket address. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-18-56-27.bpo-39916.BHHyp3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-09-18-56-27.bpo-39916.BHHyp3.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-More reliable use of ``os.scandir()`` in ``Path.glob()``. It no longer emits
-a ResourceWarning when interrupted.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-12-52-06.bpo-38075.qbESAF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-12-52-06.bpo-38075.qbESAF.rst
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-Fix the :meth:`random.Random.seed` method when a :class:`bool` is passed as the
-seed.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-15-32-31.bpo-38662.o1DMXj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-15-32-31.bpo-38662.o1DMXj.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-The ``ensurepip`` module now invokes ``pip`` via the ``runpy`` module.
-Hence it is no longer tightly coupled with the internal API of the bundled
-``pip`` version, allowing easier updates to a newer ``pip`` version both
-internally and for distributors.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-19-22-31.bpo-36144.LABm7W.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-19-22-31.bpo-36144.LABm7W.rst
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-Updated :data:`os.environ` and :data:`os.environb` to support :pep:`584`'s
-merge (``|``) and update (``|=``) operators.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-19-38-47.bpo-39915.CjPeiY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-10-19-38-47.bpo-39915.CjPeiY.rst
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@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Ensure :attr:`unittest.mock.AsyncMock.await_args_list` has call objects in
-the order of awaited arguments instead of using
-:attr:`unittest.mock.Mock.call_args` which has the last value of the call.
-Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-11-23-08-25.bpo-39652.gbasrk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-11-23-08-25.bpo-39652.gbasrk.rst
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-The column name found in ``sqlite3.Cursor.description`` is now truncated on
-the first '[' only if the PARSE_COLNAMES option is set.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-12-11-55-16.bpo-36144.9bxGH_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-12-11-55-16.bpo-36144.9bxGH_.rst
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-:class:`collections.OrderedDict` now implements ``|`` and ``|=``
-(:pep:`584`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-12-21-59-47.bpo-39936.Ca9IKe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-12-21-59-47.bpo-39936.Ca9IKe.rst
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-AIX: Fix _aix_support module when the subprocess is not available, when
-building Python from scratch. It now uses new private _bootsubprocess
-module, rather than having two implementations depending if subprocess is
-available or not. So _aix_support.aix_platform() result is now the same if
-subprocess is available or not.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-13-14-41-28.bpo-35370.df50Q7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-13-14-41-28.bpo-35370.df50Q7.rst
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-sys.settrace(), sys.setprofile() and _lsprof.Profiler.enable() now properly
-report :c:func:`PySys_Audit` error if "sys.setprofile" or "sys.settrace"
-audit event is denied.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-15-05-41-05.bpo-39360.cmcU5p.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-15-05-41-05.bpo-39360.cmcU5p.rst
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-Ensure all workers exit when finalizing a :class:`multiprocessing.Pool` implicitly via the module finalization
-handlers of multiprocessing. This fixes a deadlock situation that can be experienced when the Pool is not
-properly finalized via the context manager or a call to ``multiprocessing.Pool.terminate``. Patch by Batuhan Taskaya
-and Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-15-17-56-48.bpo-39969.6snm0c.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-15-17-56-48.bpo-39969.6snm0c.rst
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-Deprecated ``ast.Param`` node class because it's no longer used. Patch by
-Batuhan Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-16-11-38-45.bpo-39656.MaNOgm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-16-11-38-45.bpo-39656.MaNOgm.rst
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-Ensure ``bin/python3.#`` is always present in virtual environments on POSIX
-platforms - by Anthony Sottile.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-17-09-35-00.bpo-39988.kXGl35.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-17-09-35-00.bpo-39988.kXGl35.rst
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-Deprecated ``ast.AugLoad`` and ``ast.AugStore`` node classes because they are
-no longer used.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-17-12-40-38.bpo-39991.hLPPs4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-17-12-40-38.bpo-39991.hLPPs4.rst
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-:func:`uuid.getnode` now skips IPv6 addresses with the same string length
-than a MAC address (17 characters): only use MAC addresses.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-18-11-50-25.bpo-39999.8aOXDT.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-18-11-50-25.bpo-39999.8aOXDT.rst
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-``__module__`` of the AST node classes is now set to "ast" instead of
-"_ast". Added docstrings for dummy AST node classes and deprecated
-attributes.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-18-12-54-25.bpo-40000.FnsPZC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-18-12-54-25.bpo-40000.FnsPZC.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Improved error messages for validation of ``ast.Constant`` nodes. Patch by
-Batuhan Taskaya.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-23-05-21-13.bpo-39830.IkqU1Y.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-23-05-21-13.bpo-39830.IkqU1Y.rst
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-Add :class:`zipfile.Path` to ``__all__`` in the :mod:`zipfile` module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-03-14-14-57-44.bpo-38576.OowwQn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-03-14-14-57-44.bpo-38576.OowwQn.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Disallow control characters in hostnames in http.client, addressing CVE-2019-18348. Such potentially malicious header injection URLs now cause a InvalidURL to be raised.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-04-23-03-01.bpo-39855.Ql5xv8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-04-23-03-01.bpo-39855.Ql5xv8.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-test_subprocess.test_user() now skips the test on an user name if the user
-name doesn't exist. For example, skip the test if the user "nobody" doesn't
-exist on Linux.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-16-20-54-55.bpo-26067.m18_VV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-16-20-54-55.bpo-26067.m18_VV.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-16-20-54-55.bpo-26067.m18_VV.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Do not fail test_shutil test_chown test when uid or gid of user cannot be resolved to a name.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-18-16-04-33.bpo-27807.9gKjET.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-18-16-04-33.bpo-27807.9gKjET.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-``test_site.test_startup_imports()`` is now skipped if a path of
-:data:`sys.path` contains a ``.pth`` file.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-20-00-30-36.bpo-40019.zOqHpQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-03-20-00-30-36.bpo-40019.zOqHpQ.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-test_gdb now skips tests if it detects that gdb failed to read debug
-information because the Python binary is optimized.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2019-09-18-13-49-56.bpo-38080.Nbl7lF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2019-09-18-13-49-56.bpo-38080.Nbl7lF.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Added support to fix ``getproxies`` in the :mod:`lib2to3.fixes.fix_urllib`
-module. Patch by José Roberto Meza Cabrera.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-03-09-13-28-13.bpo-36184.BMPJ0D.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tools-Demos/2020-03-09-13-28-13.bpo-36184.BMPJ0D.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Port python-gdb.py to FreeBSD. python-gdb.py now checks for "take_gil"
-function name to check if a frame tries to acquire the GIL, instead of
-checking for "pthread_cond_timedwait" which is specific to Linux and can be
-a different condition than the GIL.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-25-18-43-34.bpo-34803.S3VcS0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-25-18-43-34.bpo-34803.S3VcS0.rst
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-Package for nuget.org now includes repository reference and bundled icon
-image.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-22-46-09.bpo-39789.67XRoP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-22-46-09.bpo-39789.67XRoP.rst
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-Update Windows release build machines to Visual Studio 2019 (MSVC 14.2).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-23-51-27.bpo-38380.TpOBCj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-02-28-23-51-27.bpo-38380.TpOBCj.rst
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-Update Windows builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-01-15-04-54.bpo-38597.MnHdYl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-01-15-04-54.bpo-38597.MnHdYl.rst
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-:mod:`distutils` will no longer statically link :file:`vcruntime140.dll`
-when a redistributable version is unavailable. All future releases of
-CPython will include a copy of this DLL to ensure distributed extensions can
-continue to load.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-04-17-05-11.bpo-39847.C3N2m3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-04-17-05-11.bpo-39847.C3N2m3.rst
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-Avoid hang when computer is hibernated whilst waiting for a mutex (for
-lock-related objects from :mod:`threading`) around 49-day uptime.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-11-10-15-56.bpo-39930.LGHw1j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-03-11-10-15-56.bpo-39930.LGHw1j.rst
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-Ensures the required :file:`vcruntime140.dll` is included in install
-packages.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-28-23-51-47.bpo-38380.u-ySyA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2020-02-28-23-51-47.bpo-38380.u-ySyA.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Update macOS builds to use SQLite 3.31.1
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 1dc45593afa..6e1d931b6af 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.9.0 alpha 4
+This is Python version 3.9.0 alpha 5
 ====================================
 
 .. image:: https://travis-ci.org/python/cpython.svg?branch=master