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@ -173,6 +173,20 @@ New Modules
Improved Modules
================
aifc
----
The :meth:`~aifc.getparams` method now returns a namedtuple rather than a
plain tuple. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17818`.)
colorsys
--------
The number of digits in the coefficients for the RGB --- YIQ conversions have
been expanded so that they match the FCC NTSC versions. The change in
results should be less than 1% and may better match results found elsewhere.
dis
---
@ -189,6 +203,7 @@ instructions.
(Contributed by Nick Coghlan, Ryan Kelly and Thomas Kluyver in :issue:`11816`)
doctest
-------
@ -202,12 +217,6 @@ be specified on the command line, and ``-f`` is a shorthand for ``-o
FAIL_FAST`` (to parallel the similar option supported by the :mod:`unittest`
CLI). (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`11390`.)
aifc
----
The :meth:`~aifc.getparams` method now returns a namedtuple rather than a
plain tuple. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17818`.)
email
-----
@ -235,6 +244,14 @@ functools
New :func:`functools.singledispatch` decorator: see the :pep:`443`.
inspect
-------
:func:`~inspect.unwrap` makes it easy to unravel wrapper function chains
created by :func:`functools.wraps` (and any other API that sets the
``__wrapped__`` attribute on a wrapper function).
mmap
----
@ -255,14 +272,6 @@ POP3 server.
(Contributed by Lorenzo Catucci in :issue:`4473`.)
inspect
-------
:func:`~inspect.unwrap` makes it easy to unravel wrapper function chains
created by :func:`functools.wraps` (and any other API that sets the
``__wrapped__`` attribute on a wrapper function).
smtplib
-------
@ -271,6 +280,7 @@ both socket level errors and SMTP protocol level errors to be caught in one
try/except statement by code that only cares whether or not an error occurred.
(:issue:`2118`).
ssl
---
@ -294,6 +304,16 @@ Support for server-side SNI using the new
(Contributed by Daniel Black in :issue:`8109`.)
stat
----
The :mod:`stat` module is now backed by a C implementation in :mod:`_stat`. A C
implementation is required as most of the values aren't standardized and
platform-dependent. (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`11016`.)
The module supports new file types: door, event port and whiteout.
struct
------
@ -329,16 +349,6 @@ plain tuple. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17487`.)
by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17616`.)
stat
----
The :mod:`stat` module is now backed by a C implementation in :mod:`_stat`. A C
implementation is required as most of the values aren't standardized and
platform-dependent. (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`11016`.)
The module supports new file types: door, event port and whiteout.
weakref
-------
@ -357,14 +367,6 @@ Add an event-driven parser for non-blocking applications,
(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`17782`.)
colorsys
--------
The number of digits in the coefficients for the RGB --- YIQ conversions have
been expanded so that they match the FCC NTSC versions. The change in
results should be less than 1% and may better match results found elsewhere.
Other improvements
==================