The default reST role `foo` can now be used in NEWS to refer to Python objects. Use it for a fraction of the current NEWS file.

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@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class MiscNews(Directive):
content)
content = whatsnew_re.sub(r'\1', content)
# remove first 3 lines as they are the main heading
lines = content.splitlines()[3:]
lines = ['.. default-role:: obj', ''] + content.splitlines()[3:]
self.state_machine.insert_input(lines, fname)
return []

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@ -13,16 +13,16 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #15379: Fix passing of non-BMP characters as integers for the charmap
decoder (already working as unicode strings). Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15144: Fix possible integer overflow when handling pointers as
integer values, by using Py_uintptr_t instead of size_t. Patch by
Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15144: Fix possible integer overflow when handling pointers as integer
values, by using `Py_uintptr_t` instead of `size_t`. Patch by Serhiy
Storchaka.
- Issue #15965: Explicitly cast AT_FDCWD as (int). Required on Solaris 10
(which defines AT_FDCWD as 0xffd19553), harmless on other platforms.
- Issue #15965: Explicitly cast `AT_FDCWD` as (int). Required on Solaris 10
(which defines `AT_FDCWD` as ``0xffd19553``), harmless on other platforms.
- Issue #15839: Convert SystemErrors in super() to RuntimeErrors.
- Issue #15839: Convert SystemErrors in `super()` to RuntimeErrors.
- Issue #15846: Fix SystemError which happened when using ast.parse in an
- Issue #15846: Fix SystemError which happened when using `ast.parse()` in an
exception handler on code with syntax errors.
- Issue #15801: Make sure mappings passed to '%' formatting are actually
@ -32,89 +32,88 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
- Issue #16034: Fix performance regressions in the new BZ2File implementation.
Initial patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #16034: Fix performance regressions in the new `bz2.BZ2File`
implementation. Initial patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15756: subprocess.poll() now properly handles errno.ECHILD to
return a returncode of 0 when the child has already exited or cannot
be waited on.
- Issue #15756: `subprocess.poll()` now properly handles `errno.ECHILD` to
return a returncode of 0 when the child has already exited or cannot be waited
on.
- Issue #15323: improve failure message of Mock.assert_called_once_with
- Issue #15323: Improve failure message of `Mock.assert_called_once_with()`.
- Issue #16064: unittest -m claims executable is "python", not "python3"
- Issue #16064: ``unittest -m`` claims executable is "python", not "python3".
- Issue #12376: Pass on parameters in TextTestResult.__init__ super call
- Issue #12376: Pass on parameters in `TextTestResult.__init__()` super call.
- Issue #15222: Insert blank line after each message in mbox mailboxes
- Issue #15222: Insert blank line after each message in mbox mailboxes.
- Issue #16013: Fix CSV Reader parsing issue with ending quote characters.
- Issue #16013: Fix `csv.Reader` parsing issue with ending quote characters.
Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15421: Fix an OverflowError in Calendar.itermonthdates() after
datetime.MAXYEAR. Patch by Cédric Krier.
- Issue #15421: Fix an OverflowError in `Calendar.itermonthdates()` after
`datetime.MAXYEAR`. Patch by Cédric Krier.
- Issue #15970: xml.etree.ElementTree now serializes correctly the empty HTML
- Issue #15970: `xml.etree.ElementTree` now serializes correctly the empty HTML
elements 'meta' and 'param'.
- Issue #15842: The SocketIO.{readable,writable,seekable} methods now
raise ValueError when the file-like object is closed. Patch by Alessandro
Moura.
- Issue #15842: The `SocketIO.{readable,writable,seekable}` methods now raise
ValueError when the file-like object is closed. Patch by Alessandro Moura.
- Issue #15876: Fix a refleak in the curses module: window.encoding.
- Issue #15876: Fix a refleak in the `curses` module: window.encoding.
- Issue #15881: Fixed atexit hook in multiprocessing. Original patch
by Chris McDonough.
- Issue #15881: Fix `atexit` hook in `multiprocessing`. Original patch by Chris
McDonough.
- Issue #15841: The readable(), writable() and seekable() methods of BytesIO
and StringIO objects now raise ValueError when the object has been closed.
Patch by Alessandro Moura.
- Issue #15841: The readable(), writable() and seekable() methods of
`io.BytesIO` and `io.StringIO` objects now raise ValueError when the object
has been closed. Patch by Alessandro Moura.
- Issue #15447: Use subprocess.DEVNULL in webbrowser, instead of opening
os.devnull explicitly and leaving it open.
- Issue #15447: Use `subprocess.DEVNULL` in webbrowser, instead of opening
`os.devnull` explicitly and leaving it open.
- Issue #15509: webbrowser.UnixBrowser no longer passes empty arguments to
Popen when %action substitutions produce empty strings.
- Issue #15509: `webbrowser.UnixBrowser` no longer passes empty arguments to
Popen when ``%action`` substitutions produce empty strings.
- Issue #12776, issue #11839: call argparse type function (specified by add_argument)
only once. Before, the type function was called twice in the case where the
default was specified and the argument was given as well. This was especially
problematic for the FileType type, as a default file would always be opened,
even if a file argument was specified on the command line.
- Issue #12776, issue #11839: Call `argparse` type function (specified by
add_argument) only once. Before, the type function was called twice in the
case where the default was specified and the argument was given as well. This
was especially problematic for the FileType type, as a default file would
always be opened, even if a file argument was specified on the command line.
- Issue #15906: Fix a regression in argparse caused by the preceding change,
when action='append', type='str' and default=[].
- Issue #15906: Fix a regression in `argparse` caused by the preceding change,
when ``action='append'``, ``type='str'`` and ``default=[]``.
Tests
-----
- Issue #15304: Fix warning message when os.chdir() fails inside
test.support.temp_cwd(). Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
- Issue #15304: Fix warning message when `os.chdir()` fails inside
`test.support.temp_cwd()`. Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
- Issue #15802: Fix test logic in TestMaildir.test_create_tmp. Patch
by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15802: Fix test logic in `TestMaildir.test_create_tmp()`. Patch by
Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15557: Added a test suite for the webbrowser module, thanks
to Anton Barkovsky.
- Issue #15557: Add a test suite for the `webbrowser` module, thanks to Anton
Barkovsky.
Build
-----
- Issue #15923: fix a mistake in asdl_c.py that resulted in a TypeError after
2801bf875a24 (see #15801).
- Issue #15923: Fix a mistake in ``asdl_c.py`` that resulted in a TypeError
after 2801bf875a24 (see #15801).
- Issue #15819: Make sure we can build Python out-of-tree from a readonly
source directory. (Somewhat related to Issue #9860.)
- Issue #15819: Make sure we can build Python out-of-tree from a readonly source
directory. (Somewhat related to issue #9860.)
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #15533: Clarify docs and add tests for subprocess.Popen()'s cwd
- Issue #15533: Clarify docs and add tests for `subprocess.Popen()`'s cwd
argument.
- Issue #16036: Improve documentation of built-in int()'s signature and
- Issue #16036: Improve documentation of built-in `int()`'s signature and
arguments.
- Issue #15935: Clarification of argparse docs, re: add_argument() type and
- Issue #15935: Clarification of `argparse` docs, re: add_argument() type and
default arguments. Patch contributed by Chris Jerdonek.
- Issue #11964: Document a change in v3.2 to the behavior of the indent
@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ Tools/Demos
-----------
What's New in Python 3.3.0?
===========================
@ -135,13 +133,13 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #16046: Fix loading sourceless legacy .pyo files.
- Issue #16060: Fix refcounting bug when __trunc__ returns an object
whose __int__ gives a non-integer. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #16060: Fix refcounting bug when `__trunc__()` returns an object whose
`__int__()` gives a non-integer. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
Extension Modules
-----------------
- Issue #16012: Fix a regression in pyexpat. The parser's UseForeignDTD()
- Issue #16012: Fix a regression in pyexpat. The parser's `UseForeignDTD()`
method doesn't require an argument again.
@ -153,26 +151,26 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.0 Release Candidate 3?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
- Issue #15900: Fix reference leak in PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap().
- Issue #15900: Fix reference leak in `PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap()`.
- Issue #15926: Fix crash after multiple reinitializations of the interpreter.
- Issue #15895: Fix FILE pointer leak in one error branch of
PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags() when filename points to a pyc/pyo file, closeit
is false an and set_main_loader() fails.
`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags()` when filename points to a pyc/pyo file, closeit is
false an and set_main_loader() fails.
- Fixes for a few crash and memory leak regressions found by Coverity.
Library
-------
- Issue #15882: Change _decimal to accept any coefficient tuple when
constructing infinities. This is done for backwards compatibility
with decimal.py: Infinity coefficients are undefined in _decimal
(in accordance with the specification).
- Issue #15882: Change `_decimal` to accept any coefficient tuple when
constructing infinities. This is done for backwards compatibility with
decimal.py: Infinity coefficients are undefined in _decimal (in accordance
with the specification).
- Issue #15925: Fix a regression in email.util where the parsedate() and
parsedate_tz() functions did not return None anymore when the argument could
- Issue #15925: Fix a regression in `email.util` where the `parsedate()` and
`parsedate_tz()` functions did not return None anymore when the argument could
not be parsed.
Extension Modules
@ -184,7 +182,7 @@ Extension Modules
- Issue #15977: Fix memory leak in Modules/_ssl.c when the function
_set_npn_protocols() is called multiple times, thanks to Daniel Sommermann.
- Issue #15969: faulthandler module: rename dump_tracebacks_later() to
- Issue #15969: `faulthandler` module: rename dump_tracebacks_later() to
dump_traceback_later() and cancel_dump_tracebacks_later() to
cancel_dump_traceback_later().
@ -200,35 +198,34 @@ Core and Builtins
-----------------
- Issue #13992: The trashcan mechanism is now thread-safe. This eliminates
sporadic crashes in multi-thread programs when several long deallocator
chains ran concurrently and involved subclasses of built-in container
types.
sporadic crashes in multi-thread programs when several long deallocator chains
ran concurrently and involved subclasses of built-in container types.
- Issue #15784: Modify OSError.__str__() to better distinguish between
errno error numbers and Windows error numbers.
- Issue #15784: Modify `OSError`.__str__() to better distinguish between errno
error numbers and Windows error numbers.
- Issue #15781: Fix two small race conditions in import's module locking.
Library
-------
- Issue #15847: Fix a regression in argparse, which did not accept tuples
as argument lists anymore.
- Issue #15847: Fix a regression in argparse, which did not accept tuples as
argument lists anymore.
- Issue #15828: Restore support for C extensions in imp.load_module().
- Issue #15828: Restore support for C extensions in `imp.load_module()`.
- Issue #15340: Fix importing the random module when /dev/urandom cannot
be opened. This was a regression caused by the hash randomization patch.
- Issue #15340: Fix importing the random module when ``/dev/urandom`` cannot be
opened. This was a regression caused by the hash randomization patch.
- Issue #10650: Deprecate the watchexp parameter of the Decimal.quantize()
- Issue #10650: Deprecate the watchexp parameter of the `Decimal.quantize()`
method.
- Issue #15785: Modify window.get_wch() API of the curses module: return
a character for most keys, and an integer for special keys, instead of
always returning an integer. So it is now possible to distinguish special
keys like keypad keys.
- Issue #15785: Modify `window.get_wch()` API of the curses module: return a
character for most keys, and an integer for special keys, instead of always
returning an integer. So it is now possible to distinguish special keys like
keypad keys.
- Issue #14223: Fix window.addch() of the curses module for special characters
- Issue #14223: Fix `window.addch()` of the curses module for special characters
like curses.ACS_HLINE: the Python function addch(int) and addch(bytes) is now
calling the C function waddch()/mvwaddch() (as it was done in Python 3.2),
instead of wadd_wch()/mvwadd_wch(). The Python function addch(str) is still
@ -244,10 +241,10 @@ Build
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #15814: The memoryview enhancements in 3.3.0 accidentally permitted
the hashing of multi-dimensional memorviews and memoryviews with multi-byte
item formats. The intended restrictions have now been documented - they
will be correctly enforced in 3.3.1
- Issue #15814: The memoryview enhancements in 3.3.0 accidentally permitted the
hashing of multi-dimensional memorviews and memoryviews with multi-byte item
formats. The intended restrictions have now been documented - they will be
correctly enforced in 3.3.1.
What's New in Python 3.3.0 Release Candidate 1?
@ -261,79 +258,78 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #15573: memoryview comparisons are now performed by value with full
support for any valid struct module format definition.
- Issue #15316: When an item in the fromlist for __import__ doesn't exist,
- Issue #15316: When an item in the fromlist for `__import__()` doesn't exist,
don't raise an error, but if an exception is raised as part of an import do
let that propagate.
- Issue #15778: ensure that str(ImportError(msg)) returns a str
even when msg isn't a str.
- Issue #15778: Ensure that ``str(ImportError(msg))`` returns a str even when
msg isn't a str.
- Issue #2051: Source file permission bits are once again correctly
copied to the cached bytecode file. (The migration to importlib
reintroduced this problem because these was no regression test. A test
has been added as part of this patch)
- Issue #2051: Source file permission bits are once again correctly copied to
the cached bytecode file. (The migration to importlib reintroduced this
problem because these was no regression test. A test has been added as part of
this patch)
- Issue #15761: Fix crash when PYTHONEXECUTABLE is set on Mac OS X.
- Issue #15761: Fix crash when ``PYTHONEXECUTABLE`` is set on Mac OS X.
- Issue #15726: Fix incorrect bounds checking in PyState_FindModule.
Patch by Robin Schreiber.
- Issue #15726: Fix incorrect bounds checking in PyState_FindModule. Patch by
Robin Schreiber.
- Issue #15604: Update uses of PyObject_IsTrue() to check for and handle
- Issue #15604: Update uses of `PyObject_IsTrue()` to check for and handle
errors correctly. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #14846: importlib.FileFinder now handles the case where the
directory being searched is removed after a previous import attempt
- Issue #14846: `importlib.FileFinder` now handles the case where the directory
being searched is removed after a previous import attempt.
Library
-------
- Issue #13370: Ensure that ctypes works on Mac OS X when Python is
compiled using the clang compiler
- Issue #13370: Ensure that ctypes works on Mac OS X when Python is compiled
using the clang compiler.
- Issue #13072: The array module's 'u' format code is now deprecated and
will be removed in Python 4.0.
- Issue #13072: The array module's 'u' format code is now deprecated and will be
removed in Python 4.0.
- Issue #15544: Fix Decimal.__float__ to work with payload-carrying NaNs.
- Issue #15776: Allow pyvenv to work in existing directory with --clean.
- Issue #15249: BytesGenerator now correctly mangles From lines (when
- Issue #15249: email's BytesGenerator now correctly mangles From lines (when
requested) even if the body contains undecodable bytes.
- Issue #15777: Fix a refleak in _posixsubprocess.
- Issue ##665194: Update email.utils.localtime to use datetime.astimezone and
- Issue ##665194: Update `email.utils.localtime` to use datetime.astimezone and
correctly handle historic changes in UTC offsets.
- Issue #15199: Fix JavaScript's default MIME type to application/javascript.
Patch by Bohuslav Kabrda.
- Issue #12643: code.InteractiveConsole now respects sys.excepthook when
displaying exceptions (Patch by Aaron Iles)
- Issue #12643: `code.InteractiveConsole` now respects `sys.excepthook` when
displaying exceptions. Patch by Aaron Iles.
- Issue #13579: string.Formatter now understands the 'a' conversion specifier.
- Issue #13579: `string.Formatter` now understands the 'a' conversion specifier.
- Issue #15595: Fix subprocess.Popen(universal_newlines=True)
for certain locales (utf-16 and utf-32 family). Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
- Issue #15595: Fix ``subprocess.Popen(universal_newlines=True)`` for certain
locales (utf-16 and utf-32 family). Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
- Issue #15477: In cmath and math modules, add workaround for platforms whose
system-supplied log1p function doesn't respect signs of zeros.
- Issue #15715: importlib.__import__() will silence an ImportError when the use
of fromlist leads to a failed import.
- Issue #15715: `importlib.__import__()` will silence an ImportError when the
use of fromlist leads to a failed import.
- Issue #14669: Fix pickling of connections and sockets on MacOSX
by sending/receiving an acknowledgment after file descriptor transfer.
TestPicklingConnection has been reenabled for MacOSX.
- Issue #14669: Fix pickling of connections and sockets on Mac OS X by
sending/receiving an acknowledgment after file descriptor transfer.
TestPicklingConnection has been reenabled for Mac OS X.
- Issue #11062: Fix adding a message from file to Babyl mailbox.
- Issue #15646: Prevent equivalent of a fork bomb when using
multiprocessing on Windows without the "if __name__ == '__main__'"
idiom.
- Issue #15646: Prevent equivalent of a fork bomb when using `multiprocessing`
on Windows without the ``if __name__ == '__main__'`` idiom.
- Issue #15678: Fix IDLE menus when started from OS X command line
(3.3.0b2 regression).
- Issue #15678: Fix IDLE menus when started from OS X command line (3.3.0b2
regression).
C API
-----
@ -347,44 +343,42 @@ Tools/Demos
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #14674: Add a discussion of the json module's standard compliance.
- Issue #14674: Add a discussion of the `json` module's standard compliance.
Patch by Chris Rebert.
- Create a 'Concurrent Execution' section in the docs, and split up the
'Optional Operating System Services' section to use a more user-centric
classification scheme (splitting them across the new CE section, IPC and
text processing). Operating system limitatons can be reflected with
the Sphinx ``:platform:`` tag, it doesn't make sense as part of the Table of
Contents.
classification scheme (splitting them across the new CE section, IPC and text
processing). Operating system limitatons can be reflected with the Sphinx
``:platform:`` tag, it doesn't make sense as part of the Table of Contents.
- Issue #4966: Bring the sequence docs up to date for the Py3k transition
and the many language enhancements since they were original written
- Issue #4966: Bring the sequence docs up to date for the Py3k transition and
the many language enhancements since they were original written.
- The "path importer" misnomer has been replaced with Eric Snow's
more-awkward-but-at-least-not-wrong suggestion of "path based finder" in
the import system reference docs
more-awkward-but-at-least-not-wrong suggestion of "path based finder" in the
import system reference docs.
- Issue #15640: Document importlib.abc.Finder as deprecated.
- Issue #15640: Document `importlib.abc.Finder` as deprecated.
- Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" stmt in the tutorial. Patch by
- Issue #15630: Add an example for "continue" stmt in the tutorial. Patch by
Daniel Ellis.
Tests
-----
- Issue #15747: ZFS always returns EOPNOTSUPP when attempting to set the
UF_IMMUTABLE flag (via either chflags or lchflags); refactor affected
tests in test_posix.py to account for this.
UF_IMMUTABLE flag (via either chflags or lchflags); refactor affected tests in
test_posix.py to account for this.
- Issue #15285: Refactor the approach for testing connect timeouts using
two external hosts that have been configured specifically for this type
of test.
- Issue #15285: Refactor the approach for testing connect timeouts using two
external hosts that have been configured specifically for this type of test.
- Issue #15743: Remove the deprecated method usage in urllib tests. Patch by
- Issue #15743: Remove the deprecated method usage in `urllib` tests. Patch by
Jeff Knupp.
- Issue #15615: Add some tests for the json module's handling of invalid
input data. Patch by Kushal Das.
- Issue #15615: Add some tests for the `json` module's handling of invalid input
data. Patch by Kushal Das.
Build
-----
@ -393,11 +387,11 @@ Build
- Pick up 32-bit launcher from PGO directory on 64-bit PGO build.
- Drop PC\python_nt.h as it's not used. Add input dependency on custom
- Drop ``PC\python_nt.h`` as it's not used. Add input dependency on custom
build step.
- Issue #15511: Drop explicit dependency on pythonxy.lib from _decimal
amd64 configuration.
- Issue #15511: Drop explicit dependency on pythonxy.lib from _decimal amd64
configuration.
- Add missing PGI/PGO configurations for pywlauncher.
@ -412,15 +406,15 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.0 Beta 2?
Core and Builtins
-----------------
- Issue #15568: Fix the return value of "yield from" when StopIteration is
- Issue #15568: Fix the return value of ``yield from`` when StopIteration is
raised by a custom iterator.
- Issue #13119: sys.stdout and sys.stderr are now using "\r\n" newline on
- Issue #13119: `sys.stdout` and `sys.stderr` are now using "\r\n" newline on
Windows, as Python 2.
- Issue #15534: Fix the fast-search function for non-ASCII Unicode strings.
- Issue #15508: Fix the docstring for __import__ to have the proper default
- Issue #15508: Fix the docstring for `__import__()` to have the proper default
value of 0 for 'level' and to not mention negative levels since they are not
supported.
@ -433,17 +427,17 @@ Core and Builtins
byte code files) equal between 32-bit and 64-bit systems.
- Issue #1692335: Move initial exception args assignment to
"BaseException.__new__" to help pickling of naive subclasses.
`BaseException.__new__()` to help pickling of naive subclasses.
- Issue #12834: Fix PyBuffer_ToContiguous() for non-contiguous arrays.
- Issue #12834: Fix `PyBuffer_ToContiguous()` for non-contiguous arrays.
- Issue #15456: Fix code __sizeof__ after #12399 change. Patch by Serhiy
- Issue #15456: Fix code `__sizeof__()` after #12399 change. Patch by Serhiy
Storchaka.
- Issue #15404: Refleak in PyMethodObject repr.
- Issue #15394: An issue in PyModule_Create that caused references to be leaked
on some error paths has been fixed. Patch by Julia Lawall.
- Issue #15394: An issue in `PyModule_Create()` that caused references to be
leaked on some error paths has been fixed. Patch by Julia Lawall.
- Issue #15368: An issue that caused bytecode generation to be non-deterministic
has been fixed.
@ -451,7 +445,7 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #15202: Consistently use the name "follow_symlinks" for new parameters
in os and shutil functions.
- Issue #15314: __main__.__loader__ is now set correctly during interpreter
- Issue #15314: ``__main__.__loader__`` is now set correctly during interpreter
startup.
- Issue #15111: When a module imported using 'from import' has an ImportError
@ -472,7 +466,7 @@ Core and Builtins
- Issue #15033: Fix the exit status bug when modules invoked using -m swith,
return the proper failure return value (1). Patch contributed by Jeff Knupp.
- Issue #15229: An OSError subclass whose __init__ doesn't call back
- Issue #15229: An `OSError` subclass whose __init__ doesn't call back
OSError.__init__ could produce incomplete instances, leading to crashes when
calling str() on them.
@ -482,41 +476,41 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
- Issue #15424: Add a __sizeof__ implementation for array objects. Patch by
- Issue #15424: Add a `__sizeof__()` implementation for array objects. Patch by
Ludwig Hähne.
- Issue #15576: Allow extension modules to act as a package's __init__ module.
- Issue #15502: Have importlib.invalidate_caches() work on sys.meta_path instead
of sys.path_importer_cache.
- Issue #15502: Have `importlib.invalidate_caches()` work on `sys.meta_path`
instead of `sys.path_importer_cache`.
- Issue #15163: Pydoc shouldn't list __loader__ as module data.
- Issue #15471: Do not use mutable objects as defaults for
importlib.__import__().
`importlib.__import__()`.
- Issue #15559: To avoid a problematic failure mode when passed to the bytes
constructor, objects in the ipaddress module no longer implement __index__
(they still implement __int__ as appropriate)
constructor, objects in the ipaddress module no longer implement `__index__()`
(they still implement `__int__()` as appropriate).
- Issue #15546: Fix handling of pathological input data in the peek() and
read1() methods of the BZ2File, GzipFile and LZMAFile classes.
- Issue #13052: Fix IDLE crashing when replace string in Search/Replace dialog
ended with '\'. Patch by Roger Serwy.
ended with ``\``. Patch by Roger Serwy.
- Issue #12655: Instead of requiring a custom type, os.sched_getaffinity and
os.sched_setaffinity now use regular sets of integers to represent the CPUs a
process is restricted to.
- Issue #12655: Instead of requiring a custom type, `os.sched_getaffinity()` and
`os.sched_setaffinity()` now use regular sets of integers to represent the
CPUs a process is restricted to.
- Issue #15538: Fix compilation of the getnameinfo() / getaddrinfo() emulation
code. Patch by Philipp Hagemeister.
- Issue #15538: Fix compilation of the `socket.getnameinfo()` /
`socket.getaddrinfo()` emulation code. Patch by Philipp Hagemeister.
- Issue #15519: Properly expose WindowsRegistryFinder in importlib (and use the
correct term for it). Original patch by Eric Snow.
correct term for it). Original patch by Eric Snow.
- Issue #15502: Bring the importlib ABCs into line with the current state of the
import protocols given PEP 420. Original patch by Eric Snow.
import protocols given PEP 420. Original patch by Eric Snow.
- Issue #15499: Launching a webbrowser in Unix used to sleep for a few seconds.
Original patch by Anton Barkovsky.
@ -524,37 +518,38 @@ Library
- Issue #15463: The faulthandler module truncates strings to 500 characters,
instead of 100, to be able to display long file paths.
- Issue #6056: Make multiprocessing use setblocking(True) on the sockets it
- Issue #6056: Make `multiprocessing` use setblocking(True) on the sockets it
uses. Original patch by J Derek Wilson.
- Issue #15364: Fix sysconfig.get_config_var('srcdir') to be an absolute path.
- Issue #15041: Update "see also" list in tkinter documentation.
- Issue #15413: os.times() had disappeared under Windows.
- Issue #15413: `os.times()` had disappeared under Windows.
- Issue #15402: An issue in the struct module that caused sys.getsizeof to
- Issue #15402: An issue in the struct module that caused `sys.getsizeof()` to
return incorrect results for struct.Struct instances has been fixed. Initial
patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15232: When mangle_from is True, email.Generator now correctly mangles
lines that start with 'From ' that occur in a MIME preamble or epilogue.
- Issue #15232: When mangle_from is True, `email.Generator` now correctly
mangles lines that start with 'From ' that occur in a MIME preamble or
epilogue.
- Issue #15094: Incorrectly placed #endif in _tkinter.c. Patch by Serhiy
Storchaka.
- Issue #13922: argparse no longer incorrectly strips '--'s that appear after
- Issue #13922: `argparse` no longer incorrectly strips '--'s that appear after
the first one.
- Issue #12353: argparse now correctly handles null argument values.
- Issue #12353: `argparse` now correctly handles null argument values.
- Issue #10017, issue #14998: Fix TypeError using pprint on dictionaries with
user-defined types as keys or other unorderable keys.
- Issue #15397: inspect.getmodulename() is now based directly on importlib via a
new importlib.machinery.all_suffixes() API.
- Issue #15397: `inspect.getmodulename()` is now based directly on importlib via
a new `importlib.machinery.all_suffixes()` API.
- Issue #14635: telnetlib will use poll() rather than select() when possible to
- Issue #14635: `telnetlib` will use poll() rather than select() when possible to
avoid failing due to the select() file descriptor limit.
- Issue #15180: Clarify posixpath.join() error message when mixing str & bytes.
@ -571,7 +566,7 @@ Library
- Issue #15233: Python now guarantees that callables registered with the atexit
module will be called in a deterministic order.
- Issue #15238: shutil.copystat now copies Linux "extended attributes".
- Issue #15238: `shutil.copystat()` now copies Linux "extended attributes".
- Issue #15230: runpy.run_path now correctly sets __package__ as described in
the documentation.
@ -581,42 +576,42 @@ Library
- Issue #15294: Fix a regression in pkgutil.extend_path()'s handling of nested
namespace packages.
- Issue #15056: imp.cache_from_source() and source_from_cache() raise
NotImplementedError when sys.implementation.cache_tag is set to None.
- Issue #15056: `imp.cache_from_source()` and `imp.source_from_cache()` raise
NotImplementedError when `sys.implementation.cache_tag` is set to None.
- Issue #15256: Grammatical mistake in exception raised by imp.find_module().
- Issue #15256: Grammatical mistake in exception raised by `imp.find_module()`.
- Issue #5931: wsgiref environ variable SERVER_SOFTWARE will specify an
- Issue #5931: `wsgiref` environ variable SERVER_SOFTWARE will specify an
implementation specific term like CPython, Jython instead of generic "Python".
- Issue #13248: Remove obsolete argument "max_buffer_size" of BufferedWriter and
BufferedRWPair, from the io module.
- Issue #13248: Remove obsolete argument "version" of argparse.ArgumentParser.
- Issue #13248: Remove obsolete argument "version" of `argparse.ArgumentParser`.
- Issue #14814: Implement more consistent ordering and sorting behaviour for
ipaddress objects.
- Issue #14814: ipaddress network objects correctly return NotImplemented when
- Issue #14814: `ipaddress` network objects correctly return NotImplemented when
compared to arbitrary objects instead of raising TypeError.
- Issue #14990: Correctly fail with SyntaxError on invalid encoding declaration.
- Issue #14814: ipaddress now provides more informative error messages when
- Issue #14814: `ipaddress` now provides more informative error messages when
constructing instances directly (changes permitted during beta due to
provisional API status).
- Issue #15247: FileIO now raises an error when given a file descriptor pointing
to a directory.
- Issue #15247: `io.FileIO` now raises an error when given a file descriptor
pointing to a directory.
- Issue #15261: Stop os.stat(fd) crashing on Windows when fd not open.
- Issue #15166: Implement imp.get_tag() using sys.implementation.cache_tag.
- Issue #15166: Implement `imp.get_tag()` using `sys.implementation.cache_tag`.
- Issue #15210: Catch KeyError when importlib.__init__ can't find
- Issue #15210: Catch KeyError when `importlib.__init__()` can't find
_frozen_importlib in sys.modules, not ImportError.
- Issue #15030: importlib.abc.PyPycLoader now supports the new source size
- Issue #15030: `importlib.abc.PyPycLoader` now supports the new source size
header field in .pyc files.
- Issue #5346: Preserve permissions of mbox, MMDF and Babyl mailbox files on
@ -629,7 +624,7 @@ Library
renamed over the old file when flush() is called on an mbox, MMDF or Babyl
mailbox.
- Issue 10924: Fixed crypt.mksalt() to use a RNG that is suitable for
- Issue 10924: Fixed `crypt.mksalt()` to use a RNG that is suitable for
cryptographic purpose.
- Issue #15184: Ensure consistent results of OS X configuration tailoring for
@ -640,10 +635,10 @@ Library
C API
-----
- Issue #15610: PyImport_ImportModuleEx() now uses a 'level' of 0 instead of -1.
- Issue #15610: `PyImport_ImportModuleEx()` now uses a 'level' of 0 instead of -1.
- Issues #15169, #14599: Strip out the C implementation of
imp.source_from_cache() used by PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames() and
- Issue #15169, issue #14599: Strip out the C implementation of
`imp.source_from_cache()` used by PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames() and
used the Python code instead. Leads to PyImport_ExecCodeModuleObject() to not
try to infer the source path from the bytecode path as
PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames() does.
@ -651,8 +646,8 @@ C API
Extension Modules
-----------------
- Issue #6493: An issue in ctypes on Windows that caused structure bitfields
of type ctypes.c_uint32 and width 32 to incorrectly be set has been fixed.
- Issue #6493: An issue in ctypes on Windows that caused structure bitfields of
type `ctypes.c_uint32` and width 32 to incorrectly be set has been fixed.
- Issue #15194: Update libffi to the 3.0.11 release.
@ -675,8 +670,8 @@ Tools/Demos
Documentation
-------------
- Issue #15444: Use proper spelling for non-ASCII contributor names. Patch
by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15444: Use proper spelling for non-ASCII contributor names. Patch by
Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15295: Reorganize and rewrite the documentation on the import system.
@ -691,25 +686,25 @@ Documentation
"changed" since they will no longer work with modules directly imported by
import itself.
- Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to exec or
execfile().
- Issue #13557: Clarify effect of giving two different namespaces to `exec()` or
`execfile()`.
- Issue #15250: Document that filecmp.dircmp compares files shallowly. Patch
- Issue #15250: Document that `filecmp.dircmp()` compares files shallowly. Patch
contributed by Chris Jerdonek.
Tests
-----
- Issue #15467: Move helpers for __sizeof__ tests into test_support. Patch by
Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15467: Move helpers for `__sizeof__()` tests into test_support. Patch
by Serhiy Storchaka.
- Issue #15320: Make iterating the list of tests thread-safe when running tests
in multiprocess mode. Patch by Chris Jerdonek.
- Issue #15168: Move importlib.test to test.test_importlib.
- Issue #15168: Move `importlib.test` to `test.test_importlib`.
- Issue #15091: Reactivate a test on UNIX which was failing thanks to a
forgotten importlib.invalidate_caches() call.
forgotten `importlib.invalidate_caches()` call.
- Issue #15230: Adopted a more systematic approach in the runpy tests.