Use backticks in 3.4 NEWS.

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- 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
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Library
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- 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.
- pty.spawn() now returns the child process status returned by os.waitpid().
- `pty.spawn()` now returns the child process status returned by `os.waitpid()`.
- 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=[].
when ``action='append'``, ``type='str'`` and ``default=[]``.
Extension Modules
-----------------
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: Added 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