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| author | Jelle Zijlstra <jelle.zijlstra@gmail.com> | 2023-05-04 15:23:40 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2023-05-04 15:23:40 (GMT) |
| commit | b7a0a521960a6e9ea46b79b51cbcc3c4ffcc7057 (patch) | |
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gh-102500: Document PEP 688 (#102571)
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Shantanu <12621235+hauntsaninja@users.noreply.github.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index edbf921..3fe3310a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ New Features In Python 3.14, the default will switch to ``'data'``. (Contributed by Petr Viktorin in :pep:`706`.) +PEP 688: Making the buffer protocol accessible in Python +-------------------------------------------------------- + +:pep:`688` introduces a way to use the :ref:`buffer protocol <bufferobjects>` +from Python code. Classes that implement the :meth:`~object.__buffer__` method +are now usable as buffer types. + +The new :class:`collections.abc.Buffer` ABC provides a standard +way to represent buffer objects, for example in type annotations. +The new :class:`inspect.BufferFlags` enum represents the flags that +can be used to customize buffer creation. +(Contributed by Jelle Zijlstra in :gh:`102500`.) + New Features Related to Type Hints ================================== @@ -179,7 +192,6 @@ See :pep:`692` for more details. (PEP written by Franek Magiera) - Other Language Changes ====================== |