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author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2012-02-08 00:48:34 (GMT) |
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committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2012-02-08 00:48:34 (GMT) |
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What's New in 3.3: reorder modules
Remove also duplicate functions in the "os" module section
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst index ead38ce..8739584 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst @@ -300,6 +300,23 @@ Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are: New and Improved Modules ======================== +abc +--- + +Improved support for abstract base classes containing descriptors composed with +abstract methods. The recommended approach to declaring abstract descriptors is +now to provide :attr:`__isabstractmethod__` as a dynamically updated +property. The built-in descriptors have been updated accordingly. + + * :class:`abc.abstractproperty` has been deprecated, use :class:`property` + with :func:`abc.abstractmethod` instead. + * :class:`abc.abstractclassmethod` has been deprecated, use + :class:`classmethod` with :func:`abc.abstractmethod` instead. + * :class:`abc.abstractstaticmethod` has been deprecated, use + :class:`staticmethod` with :func:`abc.abstractmethod` instead. + +(Contributed by Darren Dale in :issue:`11610`) + array ----- @@ -368,23 +385,6 @@ curses (Contributed by Iñigo Serna in :issue:`6755`) -abc ---- - -Improved support for abstract base classes containing descriptors composed with -abstract methods. The recommended approach to declaring abstract descriptors is -now to provide :attr:`__isabstractmethod__` as a dynamically updated -property. The built-in descriptors have been updated accordingly. - - * :class:`abc.abstractproperty` has been deprecated, use :class:`property` - with :func:`abc.abstractmethod` instead. - * :class:`abc.abstractclassmethod` has been deprecated, use - :class:`classmethod` with :func:`abc.abstractmethod` instead. - * :class:`abc.abstractstaticmethod` has been deprecated, use - :class:`staticmethod` with :func:`abc.abstractmethod` instead. - -(Contributed by Darren Dale in :issue:`11610`) - faulthandler ------------ @@ -393,19 +393,6 @@ New module: :mod:`faulthandler`. * :envvar:`PYTHONFAULTHANDLER` * :option:`-X` ``faulthandler`` -time ----- - -The :mod:`time` module has new functions: - -* :func:`~time.clock_getres` and :func:`~time.clock_gettime` functions and - ``CLOCK_xxx`` constants. -* :func:`~time.monotonic`: monotonic clock. -* :func:`~time.wallclock`. - -(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`10278`) - - ftplib ------ @@ -508,7 +495,6 @@ os * :func:`~os.fchownat` * :func:`~os.fstatat` * :func:`~os.futimesat` - * :func:`~os.futimesat` * :func:`~os.linkat` * :func:`~os.mkdirat` * :func:`~os.mkfifoat` @@ -519,7 +505,6 @@ os * :func:`~os.symlinkat` * :func:`~os.unlinkat` * :func:`~os.utimensat` - * :func:`~os.utimensat` * extended attributes (:issue:`12720`): @@ -553,12 +538,9 @@ os * :func:`~os.fexecve` * :func:`~os.futimens` - * :func:`~os.futimens` - * :func:`~os.futimes` * :func:`~os.futimes` * :func:`~os.lockf` * :func:`~os.lutimes` - * :func:`~os.lutimes` * :func:`~os.posix_fadvise` * :func:`~os.posix_fallocate` * :func:`~os.pread` @@ -596,13 +578,43 @@ The Tk GUI and the :func:`~pydoc.serve` function have been removed from the in Python 3.2. -sys ---- +sched +----- -* The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct - sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation. +* :meth:`~sched.scheduler.run` now accepts a *blocking* parameter which when + set to False makes the method execute the scheduled events due to expire + soonest (if any) and then return immediately. + This is useful in case you want to use the :class:`~sched.scheduler` in + non-blocking applications. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`13449`) - (:issue:`11223`) +* :class:`~sched.scheduler` class can now be safely used in multi-threaded + environments. (Contributed by Josiah Carlson and Giampaolo Rodolà in + :issue:`8684`) + +* *timefunc* and *delayfunct* parameters of :class:`~sched.scheduler` class + constructor are now optional and defaults to :func:`time.time` and + :func:`time.sleep` respectively. (Contributed by Chris Clark in + :issue:`13245`) + +* :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enter` and :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enterabs` + *argument* parameter is now optional. (Contributed by Chris Clark in + :issue:`13245`) + +* :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enter` and :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enterabs` + now accept a *kwargs* parameter. (Contributed by Chris Clark in + :issue:`13245`) + + +shutil +------ + +* The :mod:`shutil` module has these new fuctions: + + * :func:`~shutil.disk_usage`: provides total, used and free disk space + statistics. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`12442`) + * :func:`~shutil.chown`: allows one to change user and/or group of the given + path also specifying the user/group names and not only their numeric + ids. (Contributed by Sandro Tosi in :issue:`12191`) signal @@ -627,6 +639,16 @@ signal * :func:`signal.signal` and :func:`signal.siginterrupt` raise an OSError, instead of a RuntimeError: OSError has an errno attribute. +smtplib +------- + +The :class:`~smtplib.SMTP_SSL` constructor and the :meth:`~smtplib.SMTP.starttls` +method now accept an SSLContext parameter to control parameters of the secure +channel. + +(Contributed by Kasun Herath in :issue:`8809`) + + socket ------ @@ -650,6 +672,7 @@ socket (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliable_Datagram_Sockets and http://oss.oracle.com/projects/rds/). + ssl --- @@ -689,25 +712,27 @@ ssl (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`13634`) -shutil ------- +sys +--- -* The :mod:`shutil` module has these new fuctions: +* The :mod:`sys` module has a new :data:`~sys.thread_info` :term:`struct + sequence` holding informations about the thread implementation. - * :func:`~shutil.disk_usage`: provides total, used and free disk space - statistics. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`12442`) - * :func:`~shutil.chown`: allows one to change user and/or group of the given - path also specifying the user/group names and not only their numeric - ids. (Contributed by Sandro Tosi in :issue:`12191`) + (:issue:`11223`) -smtplib -------- -The :class:`~smtplib.SMTP_SSL` constructor and the :meth:`~smtplib.SMTP.starttls` -method now accept an SSLContext parameter to control parameters of the secure -channel. +time +---- + +The :mod:`time` module has new functions: + +* :func:`~time.clock_getres` and :func:`~time.clock_gettime` functions and + ``CLOCK_xxx`` constants. +* :func:`~time.monotonic`: monotonic clock. +* :func:`~time.wallclock`. + +(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`10278`) -(Contributed by Kasun Herath in :issue:`8809`) urllib ------ @@ -720,31 +745,6 @@ should be used. For example, this will send a ``'HEAD'`` request:: (:issue:`1673007`) -sched ------ - -* :meth:`~sched.scheduler.run` now accepts a *blocking* parameter which when - set to False makes the method execute the scheduled events due to expire - soonest (if any) and then return immediately. - This is useful in case you want to use the :class:`~sched.scheduler` in - non-blocking applications. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodolà in :issue:`13449`) - -* :class:`~sched.scheduler` class can now be safely used in multi-threaded - environments. (Contributed by Josiah Carlson and Giampaolo Rodolà in - :issue:`8684`) - -* *timefunc* and *delayfunct* parameters of :class:`~sched.scheduler` class - constructor are now optional and defaults to :func:`time.time` and - :func:`time.sleep` respectively. (Contributed by Chris Clark in - :issue:`13245`) - -* :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enter` and :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enterabs` - *argument* parameter is now optional. (Contributed by Chris Clark in - :issue:`13245`) - -* :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enter` and :meth:`~sched.scheduler.enterabs` - now accept a *kwargs* parameter. (Contributed by Chris Clark in - :issue:`13245`) Optimizations ============= |