Merge tag 'v3.9.0a4'

Python 3.9.0a4

95 files changed, 949 insertions, 186 deletions

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+.. bpo: 39184
+.. date: 2020-02-07-23-54-18
+.. nonce: v-ue-v
+.. release date: 2020-02-25
+.. section: Security
+
+Add audit events to functions in `fcntl`, `msvcrt`, `os`, `resource`,
+`shutil`, `signal` and `syslog`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39401
+.. date: 2020-01-28-20-54-09
+.. nonce: he7h_A
+.. section: Security
+
+Avoid unsafe DLL load at startup on Windows 7 and earlier.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39184
+.. date: 2020-01-07-00-42-08
+.. nonce: fe7NgK
+.. section: Security
+
+Add audit events to command execution functions in os and pty modules.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39382
+.. date: 2020-02-18-01-40-13
+.. nonce: OLSJu9
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a use-after-free in the single inheritance path of ``issubclass()``,
+when the ``__bases__`` of an object has a single reference, and so does its
+first item. Patch by Yonatan Goldschmidt.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39573
+.. date: 2020-02-14-10-08-53
+.. nonce: BIIX2M
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Update clinic tool to use :c:func:`Py_IS_TYPE`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39619
+.. date: 2020-02-13-07-35-00
+.. nonce: inb_master_chroot
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Enable use of :func:`os.chroot` on HP-UX systems.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39573
+.. date: 2020-02-13-01-30-22
+.. nonce: uTFj1m
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Add :c:func:`Py_IS_TYPE` static inline function to check whether the object
+*o* type is *type*.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39606
+.. date: 2020-02-11-23-59-07
+.. nonce: a72Sxc
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix regression caused by fix for bpo-39386, that prevented calling
+``aclose`` on an async generator that had already been closed or exhausted.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39579
+.. date: 2020-02-07-15-18-35
+.. nonce: itNmC0
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Change the ending column offset of `Attribute` nodes constructed in
+`ast_for_dotted_name` to point at the end of the current node and not at the
+end of the last `NAME` node.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-02-07-12-57-40
+.. nonce: ySW6gq
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _crypt extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-02-06-09-00-35
+.. nonce: oaxe1j
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _contextvars extension module to multiphase initialization
+(:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39510
+.. date: 2020-02-04-10-27-41
+.. nonce: PMIh-f
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix segfault in ``readinto()`` method on closed BufferedReader.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39502
+.. date: 2020-01-30-14-36-31
+.. nonce: IJu0rl
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix :func:`time.localtime` on 64-bit AIX  to support years before 1902 and
+after 2038. Patch by M Felt.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39492
+.. date: 2020-01-30-01-14-42
+.. nonce: eTuy0F
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a reference cycle in the C Pickler that was preventing the garbage
+collection of deleted, pickled objects.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39453
+.. date: 2020-01-25-23-51-17
+.. nonce: xCOkYk
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fixed a possible crash in :meth:`list.__contains__` when a list is changed
+during comparing items. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39434
+.. date: 2020-01-24-01-07-04
+.. nonce: S5ehj9
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+:term:`floor division` of float operation now has a better performance. Also
+the message of :exc:`ZeroDivisionError` for this operation is updated. Patch
+by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-01-19-11-06-30
+.. nonce: 0mjsfm
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _codecs extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-01-18-11-06-28
+.. nonce: OKROOt
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _bz2 extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-01-16-12-00-04
+.. nonce: fuqoBG
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port _abc extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39320
+.. date: 2020-01-15-15-50-22
+.. nonce: oWARyk
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Replace two complex bytecodes for building dicts with two simpler ones. The
+new bytecodes ``DICT_MERGE`` and ``DICT_UPDATE`` have been added The old
+bytecodes ``BUILD_MAP_UNPACK`` and ``BUILD_MAP_UNPACK_WITH_CALL`` have been
+removed.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39219
+.. date: 2020-01-05-13-36-08
+.. nonce: uHtKd4
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Syntax errors raised in the tokenizer now always set correct "text" and
+"offset" attributes.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36051
+.. date: 2019-12-30-15-56-07
+.. nonce: imaVlq
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Drop the GIL during large ``bytes.join`` operations. Patch by Bruce Merry.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38960
+.. date: 2019-12-03-16-41-22
+.. nonce: kvoFM0
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix DTrace build issues on FreeBSD. Patch by David Carlier.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37207
+.. date: 2019-06-09-10-54-31
+.. nonce: bLjgLR
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Speed up calls to ``range()`` by about 30%, by using the PEP 590
+``vectorcall`` calling convention. Patch by Mark Shannon.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36144
+.. date: 2019-03-02-23-03-34
+.. nonce: LRl4LS
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+:class:`dict` (and :class:`collections.UserDict`) objects now support PEP
+584's merge (``|``) and update (``|=``) operators. Patch by Brandt Bucher.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 32856
+.. date: 2018-02-16-10-44-24
+.. nonce: UjR8SD
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Optimized the idiom for assignment a temporary variable in comprehensions.
+Now ``for y in [expr]`` in comprehensions is as fast as a simple assignment
+``y = expr``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 30566
+.. date: 2020-02-24-03-45-28
+.. nonce: qROxty
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :exc:`IndexError` when trying to decode an invalid string with punycode
+codec.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39649
+.. date: 2020-02-23-21-27-10
+.. nonce: qiubSp
+.. section: Library
+
+Remove obsolete check for `__args__` in bdb.Bdb.format_stack_entry.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39648
+.. date: 2020-02-22-12-49-04
+.. nonce: Y-9N7F
+.. section: Library
+
+Expanded :func:`math.gcd` and :func:`math.lcm` to handle multiple arguments.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39681
+.. date: 2020-02-21-13-58-40
+.. nonce: zN8hf0
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a regression where the C pickle module wouldn't allow unpickling from a
+file-like object that doesn't expose a readinto() method.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35950
+.. date: 2020-02-21-02-42-41
+.. nonce: 9G3-wl
+.. section: Library
+
+Raise :exc:`io.UnsupportedOperation` in :meth:`io.BufferedReader.truncate`
+when it is called on a read-only :class:`io.BufferedReader` instance.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39479
+.. date: 2020-02-18-12-37-16
+.. nonce: j3UcCq
+.. section: Library
+
+Add :func:`math.lcm` function: least common multiple.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39674
+.. date: 2020-02-18-12-31-24
+.. nonce: S_zqVM
+.. section: Library
+
+Revert "Do not expose abstract collection classes in the collections module"
+change (bpo-25988). Aliases to ABC like collections.Mapping are kept in
+Python 3.9 to ease transition from Python 2.7, but will be removed in Python
+3.10.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39104
+.. date: 2020-02-16-18-49-16
+.. nonce: cI5MJY
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix hanging ProcessPoolExcutor on ``shutdown(wait=False)`` when a task has
+failed pickling.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39627
+.. date: 2020-02-13-18-14-15
+.. nonce: Q0scyQ
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed TypedDict totality check for inherited keys.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39474
+.. date: 2020-02-12-12-01-26
+.. nonce: RZMEUH
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed starting position of AST for expressions like ``(a)(b)``, ``(a)[b]``
+and ``(a).b``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 21016
+.. date: 2020-02-12-10-04-39
+.. nonce: bFXPH7
+.. section: Library
+
+The :mod:`pydoc` and :mod:`trace` modules now use the :mod:`sysconfig`
+module to get the path to the Python standard library, to support uncommon
+installation path like ``/usr/lib64/python3.9/`` on Fedora. Patch by Jan
+Matějek.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39590
+.. date: 2020-02-09-05-51-05
+.. nonce: rf98GU
+.. section: Library
+
+Collections.deque now holds strong references during deque.__contains__ and
+deque.count, fixing crashes.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39586
+.. date: 2020-02-08-13-37-00
+.. nonce: nfTPxX
+.. section: Library
+
+The distutils ``bdist_msi`` command is deprecated in Python 3.9, use
+``bdist_wheel`` (wheel packages) instead.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39595
+.. date: 2020-02-07-23-14-14
+.. nonce: DHwddE
+.. section: Library
+
+Improved performance of zipfile.Path for files with a large number of
+entries. Also improved performance and fixed minor issue as published with
+`importlib_metadata 1.5
+<https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog%20(links).html#v1-5-0>`_.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39350
+.. date: 2020-02-06-13-34-52
+.. nonce: wRwup1
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix regression in :class:`fractions.Fraction` if the numerator and/or the
+denominator is an :class:`int` subclass. The :func:`math.gcd` function is
+now used to normalize the *numerator* and *denominator*. :func:`math.gcd`
+always return a :class:`int` type. Previously, the GCD type depended on
+*numerator* and *denominator*.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39567
+.. date: 2020-02-06-10-23-32
+.. nonce: VpFBxt
+.. section: Library
+
+Added audit for :func:`os.walk`, :func:`os.fwalk`, :meth:`pathlib.Path.glob`
+and :meth:`pathlib.Path.rglob`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39559
+.. date: 2020-02-05-18-29-14
+.. nonce: L8i5YB
+.. section: Library
+
+Remove unused, undocumented argument ``getters`` from :func:`uuid.getnode`
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38149
+.. date: 2020-02-05-11-24-16
+.. nonce: GWsjHE
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`sys.audit` is now called only once per call of :func:`glob.glob` and
+:func:`glob.iglob`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39546
+.. date: 2020-02-03-15-12-51
+.. nonce: _Kj0Pn
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a regression in :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser` where
+``allow_abbrev=False`` was ignored for long options that used a prefix
+character other than "-".
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39450
+.. date: 2020-02-02-14-46-34
+.. nonce: 48R274
+.. section: Library
+
+Striped whitespace from docstring before returning it from
+:func:`unittest.case.shortDescription`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 12915
+.. date: 2020-02-02-10-08-25
+.. nonce: d6r50-
+.. section: Library
+
+A new function ``resolve_name`` has been added to the ``pkgutil`` module.
+This resolves a string of the form ``'a.b.c.d'`` or ``'a.b:c.d'`` to an
+object. In the example, ``a.b`` is a package/module and ``c.d`` is an object
+within that package/module reached via recursive attribute access.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39353
+.. date: 2020-01-30-09-07-16
+.. nonce: wTl9hc
+.. section: Library
+
+The :func:`binascii.crc_hqx` function is no longer deprecated.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39493
+.. date: 2020-01-30-01-13-19
+.. nonce: CbFRi7
+.. section: Library
+
+Mark ``typing.IO.closed`` as a property
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39491
+.. date: 2020-01-29-22-47-12
+.. nonce: tdl17b
+.. section: Library
+
+Add :data:`typing.Annotated` and ``include_extras`` parameter to
+:func:`typing.get_type_hints` as part of :pep:`593`. Patch by Till
+Varoquaux, documentation by Till Varoquaux and Konstantin Kashin.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39485
+.. date: 2020-01-29-14-58-27
+.. nonce: Zy3ot6
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a bug in :func:`unittest.mock.create_autospec` that would complain about
+the wrong number of arguments for custom descriptors defined in an extension
+module returning functions.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38932
+.. date: 2020-01-25-13-41-27
+.. nonce: 1pu_8I
+.. section: Library
+
+Mock fully resets child objects on reset_mock(). Patch by Vegard Stikbakke
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39082
+.. date: 2020-01-24-13-24-35
+.. nonce: qKgrq_
+.. section: Library
+
+Allow AsyncMock to correctly patch static/class methods
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39432
+.. date: 2020-01-23-16-08-58
+.. nonce: Cee6mi
+.. section: Library
+
+Implement PEP-489 algorithm for non-ascii "PyInit\_..." symbol names in
+distutils to make it export the correct init symbol also on Windows.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 18819
+.. date: 2020-01-20-10-06-19
+.. nonce: H4qsoS
+.. section: Library
+
+Omit ``devmajor`` and ``devminor`` fields for non-device files in
+:mod:`tarfile` archives, enabling bit-for-bit compatibility with GNU
+``tar(1)``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39349
+.. date: 2020-01-19-04-12-34
+.. nonce: 7CV-LC
+.. section: Library
+
+Added a new *cancel_futures* parameter to
+:meth:`concurrent.futures.Executor.shutdown` that cancels all pending
+futures which have not started running, instead of waiting for them to
+complete before shutting down the executor.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39274
+.. date: 2020-01-15-23-13-03
+.. nonce: lpc0-n
+.. section: Library
+
+``bool(fraction.Fraction)`` now returns a boolean even if (numerator != 0)
+does not return a boolean (ex: numpy number).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34793
+.. date: 2019-12-09-17-24-29
+.. nonce: D82Dyu
+.. section: Library
+
+Remove support for ``with (await asyncio.lock):`` and ``with (yield from
+asyncio.lock):``.  The same is correct for ``asyncio.Condition`` and
+``asyncio.Semaphore``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 25597
+.. date: 2019-09-12-12-11-05
+.. nonce: mPMzVx
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure, if ``wraps`` is supplied to :class:`unittest.mock.MagicMock`, it is
+used to calculate return values for the magic methods instead of using the
+default return values. Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36350
+.. date: 2019-03-18-16-17-59
+.. nonce: udRSWE
+.. section: Library
+
+`inspect.Signature.parameters` and `inspect.BoundArguments.arguments` are
+now dicts instead of OrderedDicts. Patch contributed by Rémi Lapeyre.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35727
+.. date: 2019-01-12-20-39-34
+.. nonce: FWrbHn
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix sys.exit() and sys.exit(None) exit code propagation when used in
+multiprocessing.Process.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 32173
+.. date: 2017-12-04-10-14-23
+.. nonce: e0C5dF
+.. section: Library
+
+* Add `lazycache` function to `__all__`.
+* Use `dict.clear` to clear the cache.
+* Refactoring `getline` function and `checkcache` function.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 17422
+.. date: 2020-02-19-11-13-47
+.. nonce: g7_9zz
+.. section: Documentation
+
+The language reference now specifies restrictions on class namespaces.
+Adapted from a patch by Ethan Furman.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39572
+.. date: 2020-02-18-18-37-07
+.. nonce: CCtzy1
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Updated documentation of ``total`` flag of TypeDict.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39654
+.. date: 2020-02-18-07-42-20
+.. nonce: MoT1jI
+.. section: Documentation
+
+In pyclbr doc, update 'class' to 'module' where appropriate and add
+readmodule comment. Patch by Hakan Çelik.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39153
+.. date: 2020-01-27-22-24-51
+.. nonce: Pjl8jV
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Clarify refcounting semantics for the following functions: -
+PyObject_SetItem - PyMapping_SetItemString - PyDict_SetItem -
+PyDict_SetItemString
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39392
+.. date: 2020-01-27-18-18-42
+.. nonce: oiqcLO
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Explain that when filling with turtle, overlap regions may be left unfilled.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39369
+.. date: 2020-01-17-13-59-21
+.. nonce: Bx5yE3
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Update mmap readline method description. The fact that the readline method
+does update the file position should not be ignored since this might give
+the impression for the programmer that it doesn't update it.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 9056
+.. date: 2018-09-28-18-13-08
+.. nonce: -sFOwU
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Include subsection in TOC for PDF version of docs.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38325
+.. date: 2020-02-11-00-38-32
+.. nonce: HgmfoE
+.. section: Tests
+
+Skip tests on non-BMP characters of test_winconsoleio.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39502
+.. date: 2020-01-30-15-04-54
+.. nonce: chbpII
+.. section: Tests
+
+Skip test_zipfile.test_add_file_after_2107() if :func:`time.localtime` fails
+with :exc:`OverflowError`. It is the case on AIX 6.1 for example.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39489
+.. date: 2020-01-29-19-17-02
+.. nonce: HKPzv-
+.. section: Build
+
+Remove ``COUNT_ALLOCS`` special build.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39553
+.. date: 2020-02-04-19-50-53
+.. nonce: _EnweA
+.. section: Windows
+
+Delete unused code related to SxS manifests.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39439
+.. date: 2020-01-24-03-15-05
+.. nonce: sFxGfR
+.. section: Windows
+
+Honor the Python path when a virtualenv is active on Windows.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39393
+.. date: 2020-01-20-23-42-53
+.. nonce: gWlJDG
+.. section: Windows
+
+Improve the error message when attempting to load a DLL with unresolved
+dependencies.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38883
+.. date: 2020-01-11-22-53-55
+.. nonce: X7FRaN
+.. section: Windows
+
+:meth:`~pathlib.Path.home()` and :meth:`~pathlib.Path.expanduser()` on
+Windows now prefer :envvar:`USERPROFILE` and no longer use :envvar:`HOME`,
+which is not normally set for regular user accounts. This makes them again
+behave like :func:`os.path.expanduser`, which was changed to ignore
+:envvar:`HOME` in 3.8, see :issue:`36264`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39185
+.. date: 2020-01-02-01-11-53
+.. nonce: T4herN
+.. section: Windows
+
+The build.bat script has additional options for very-quiet output (-q) and
+very-verbose output (-vv)
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39663
+.. date: 2020-02-17-21-09-03
+.. nonce: wexcsH
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Add tests for pyparse find_good_parse_start().
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39600
+.. date: 2020-02-10-17-09-48
+.. nonce: X6NsyM
+.. section: IDLE
+
+In the font configuration window, remove duplicated font names.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 30780
+.. date: 2020-01-27-16-44-29
+.. nonce: nR80qu
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Add remaining configdialog tests for buttons and highlights and keys tabs.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39388
+.. date: 2020-01-25-02-26-45
+.. nonce: x4TQNh
+.. section: IDLE
+
+IDLE Settings Cancel button now cancels pending changes
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38792
+.. date: 2019-11-13-23-51-39
+.. nonce: xhTC5a
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Close an IDLE shell calltip if a :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` or shell restart
+occurs.  Patch by Zackery Spytz.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35081
+.. date: 2020-02-12-21-38-49
+.. nonce: 5tj1yC
+.. section: C API
+
+Move the ``bytes_methods.h`` header file to the internal C API as
+``pycore_bytes_methods.h``: it only contains private symbols (prefixed by
+``_Py``), except of the ``PyDoc_STRVAR_shared()`` macro.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35081
+.. date: 2020-02-12-21-24-02
+.. nonce: at7BjN
+.. section: C API
+
+Move the ``dtoa.h`` header file to the internal C API as ``pycore_dtoa.h``:
+it only contains private functions (prefixed by ``_Py``). The :mod:`math`
+and :mod:`cmath` modules must now be compiled with the ``Py_BUILD_CORE``
+macro defined.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39573
+.. date: 2020-02-07-10-41-53
+.. nonce: EG9VDI
+.. section: C API
+
+Add :c:func:`Py_SET_SIZE` function to set the size of an object.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39500
+.. date: 2020-02-07-09-35-43
+.. nonce: xRAEgX
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:func:`PyUnicode_IsIdentifier` does not call :c:func:`Py_FatalError`
+anymore if the string is not ready.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39573
+.. date: 2020-02-07-03-39-03
+.. nonce: Oa8cL1
+.. section: C API
+
+Add :c:func:`Py_SET_TYPE` function to set the type of an object.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39573
+.. date: 2020-02-07-00-23-44
+.. nonce: nRD1q7
+.. section: C API
+
+Add a :c:func:`Py_SET_REFCNT` function to set the reference counter of an
+object.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39542
+.. date: 2020-02-05-13-14-20
+.. nonce: 5mleGX
+.. section: C API
+
+Convert :c:func:`PyType_HasFeature`, :c:func:`PyType_Check` and
+:c:func:`PyType_CheckExact` macros to static inline functions.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39542
+.. date: 2020-02-05-12-40-51
+.. nonce: si-_Zq
+.. section: C API
+
+In the limited C API, ``PyObject_INIT()`` and ``PyObject_INIT_VAR()`` are
+now defined as aliases to :c:func:`PyObject_Init` and
+:c:func:`PyObject_InitVar` to make their implementation opaque. It avoids to
+leak implementation details in the limited C API. Exclude the following
+functions from the limited C API: ``_Py_NewReference()``,
+``_Py_ForgetReference()``, ``_PyTraceMalloc_NewReference()`` and
+``_Py_GetRefTotal()``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39542
+.. date: 2020-02-05-12-00-18
+.. nonce: RJCUKR
+.. section: C API
+
+Exclude trashcan mechanism from the limited C API: it requires access to
+PyTypeObject and PyThreadState structure fields, whereas these structures
+are opaque in the limited C API.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39511
+.. date: 2020-01-31-16-35-21
+.. nonce: nv9yEn
+.. section: C API
+
+The :c:func:`PyThreadState_Clear` function now calls the
+:c:member:`PyThreadState.on_delete` callback. Previously, that happened in
+:c:func:`PyThreadState_Delete`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38076
+.. date: 2020-01-17-11-37-05
+.. nonce: cxfw2x
+.. section: C API
+
+Fix to clear the interpreter state only after clearing module globals to
+guarantee module state access from C Extensions during runtime destruction
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39245
+.. date: 2020-01-07-13-46-40
+.. nonce: G7wog6
+.. section: C API
+
+The Vectorcall API (PEP 590) was made public, adding the functions
+``PyObject_Vectorcall``, ``PyObject_VectorcallMethod``,
+``PyVectorcall_Function``, ``PyObject_CallOneArg``,
+``PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs``, ``PyObject_CallMethodOneArg``,
+``PyObject_FastCallDict``, and the flag ``Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-01-29-19-17-02.bpo-39489.HKPzv-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-01-29-19-17-02.bpo-39489.HKPzv-.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 652a435..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-01-29-19-17-02.bpo-39489.HKPzv-.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Remove ``COUNT_ALLOCS`` special build.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-07-13-46-40.bpo-39245.G7wog6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-07-13-46-40.bpo-39245.G7wog6.rst
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index e5836b5..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-07-13-46-40.bpo-39245.G7wog6.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-The Vectorcall API (PEP 590) was made public, adding the functions
-``PyObject_Vectorcall``, ``PyObject_VectorcallMethod``,
-``PyVectorcall_Function``, ``PyObject_CallOneArg``,
-``PyObject_CallMethodNoArgs``, ``PyObject_CallMethodOneArg``,
-``PyObject_FastCallDict``, and the flag ``Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-17-11-37-05.bpo-38076.cxfw2x.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-17-11-37-05.bpo-38076.cxfw2x.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index d9f6dc3..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-17-11-37-05.bpo-38076.cxfw2x.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix to clear the interpreter state only after clearing module globals to
-guarantee module state access from C Extensions during runtime destruction
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-31-16-35-21.bpo-39511.nv9yEn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-31-16-35-21.bpo-39511.nv9yEn.rst
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index 14a0487..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-01-31-16-35-21.bpo-39511.nv9yEn.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-The :c:func:`PyThreadState_Clear` function now calls the
-:c:member:`PyThreadState.on_delete` callback. Previously, that happened in
-:c:func:`PyThreadState_Delete`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-12-00-18.bpo-39542.RJCUKR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-12-00-18.bpo-39542.RJCUKR.rst
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index 5829d6e..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-12-00-18.bpo-39542.RJCUKR.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Exclude trashcan mechanism from the limited C API: it requires access to
-PyTypeObject and PyThreadState structure fields, whereas these structures
-are opaque in the limited C API.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-12-40-51.bpo-39542.si-_Zq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-12-40-51.bpo-39542.si-_Zq.rst
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index 7473577..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-12-40-51.bpo-39542.si-_Zq.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-In the limited C API, ``PyObject_INIT()`` and ``PyObject_INIT_VAR()`` are
-now defined as aliases to :c:func:`PyObject_Init` and
-:c:func:`PyObject_InitVar` to make their implementation opaque. It avoids to
-leak implementation details in the limited C API. Exclude the following
-functions from the limited C API: ``_Py_NewReference()``,
-``_Py_ForgetReference()``, ``_PyTraceMalloc_NewReference()`` and
-``_Py_GetRefTotal()``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-13-14-20.bpo-39542.5mleGX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-13-14-20.bpo-39542.5mleGX.rst
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index 46fb1d2..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-05-13-14-20.bpo-39542.5mleGX.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Convert :c:func:`PyType_HasFeature`, :c:func:`PyType_Check` and
-:c:func:`PyType_CheckExact` macros to static inline functions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-00-23-44.bpo-39573.nRD1q7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-00-23-44.bpo-39573.nRD1q7.rst
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index 310933a..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-00-23-44.bpo-39573.nRD1q7.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add a :c:func:`Py_SET_REFCNT` function to set the reference counter of an
-object.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-03-39-03.bpo-39573.Oa8cL1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-03-39-03.bpo-39573.Oa8cL1.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-03-39-03.bpo-39573.Oa8cL1.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add :c:func:`Py_SET_TYPE` function to set the type of an object.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-09-35-43.bpo-39500.xRAEgX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-09-35-43.bpo-39500.xRAEgX.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ca359f..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-09-35-43.bpo-39500.xRAEgX.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:c:func:`PyUnicode_IsIdentifier` does not call :c:func:`Py_FatalError`
-anymore if the string is not ready.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-10-41-53.bpo-39573.EG9VDI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-10-41-53.bpo-39573.EG9VDI.rst
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index d84cddc..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-07-10-41-53.bpo-39573.EG9VDI.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add :c:func:`Py_SET_SIZE` function to set the size of an object.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-12-21-24-02.bpo-35081.at7BjN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-12-21-24-02.bpo-35081.at7BjN.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 94e6ae7..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-12-21-24-02.bpo-35081.at7BjN.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Move the ``dtoa.h`` header file to the internal C API as ``pycore_dtoa.h``:
-it only contains private functions (prefixed by ``_Py``). The :mod:`math` and
-:mod:`cmath` modules must now be compiled with the ``Py_BUILD_CORE`` macro
-defined.
-
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-12-21-38-49.bpo-35081.5tj1yC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-12-21-38-49.bpo-35081.5tj1yC.rst
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index 6be3320..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-02-12-21-38-49.bpo-35081.5tj1yC.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Move the ``bytes_methods.h`` header file to the internal C API as
-``pycore_bytes_methods.h``: it only contains private symbols (prefixed by
-``_Py``), except of the ``PyDoc_STRVAR_shared()`` macro.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-02-16-10-44-24.bpo-32856.UjR8SD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-02-16-10-44-24.bpo-32856.UjR8SD.rst
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index c1cd68f..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-02-16-10-44-24.bpo-32856.UjR8SD.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Optimized the idiom for assignment a temporary variable in comprehensions.
-Now ``for y in [expr]`` in comprehensions is as fast as a simple assignment
-``y = expr``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-03-02-23-03-34.bpo-36144.LRl4LS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-03-02-23-03-34.bpo-36144.LRl4LS.rst
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index 7d6d076..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-03-02-23-03-34.bpo-36144.LRl4LS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-:class:`dict` (and :class:`collections.UserDict`) objects now support PEP 584's merge (``|``) and update (``|=``) operators.

-Patch by Brandt Bucher.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-06-09-10-54-31.bpo-37207.bLjgLR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-06-09-10-54-31.bpo-37207.bLjgLR.rst
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index c20d48a..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-06-09-10-54-31.bpo-37207.bLjgLR.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Speed up calls to ``range()`` by about 30%, by using the
-PEP 590 ``vectorcall`` calling convention. Patch by Mark Shannon.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-12-03-16-41-22.bpo-38960.kvoFM0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-12-03-16-41-22.bpo-38960.kvoFM0.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-12-03-16-41-22.bpo-38960.kvoFM0.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix DTrace build issues on FreeBSD. Patch by David Carlier.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-12-30-15-56-07.bpo-36051.imaVlq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-12-30-15-56-07.bpo-36051.imaVlq.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-12-30-15-56-07.bpo-36051.imaVlq.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Drop the GIL during large ``bytes.join`` operations. Patch by Bruce Merry.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-05-13-36-08.bpo-39219.uHtKd4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-05-13-36-08.bpo-39219.uHtKd4.rst
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index dac8360..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-05-13-36-08.bpo-39219.uHtKd4.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Syntax errors raised in the tokenizer now always set correct "text" and
-"offset" attributes.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-15-15-50-22.bpo-39320.oWARyk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-15-15-50-22.bpo-39320.oWARyk.rst
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index 9508574..0000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-15-15-50-22.bpo-39320.oWARyk.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-
-Replace two complex bytecodes for building dicts with two simpler ones.
-The new bytecodes ``DICT_MERGE`` and ``DICT_UPDATE`` have been added
-The old bytecodes ``BUILD_MAP_UNPACK`` and ``BUILD_MAP_UNPACK_WITH_CALL`` have been removed.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-16-12-00-04.bpo-1635741.fuqoBG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-16-12-00-04.bpo-1635741.fuqoBG.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-16-12-00-04.bpo-1635741.fuqoBG.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _abc extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-18-11-06-28.bpo-1635741.OKROOt.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-18-11-06-28.bpo-1635741.OKROOt.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-18-11-06-28.bpo-1635741.OKROOt.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _bz2 extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-19-11-06-30.bpo-1635741.0mjsfm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-19-11-06-30.bpo-1635741.0mjsfm.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-19-11-06-30.bpo-1635741.0mjsfm.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _codecs extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-24-01-07-04.bpo-39434.S5ehj9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-24-01-07-04.bpo-39434.S5ehj9.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-:term:`floor division` of float operation now has a better performance. Also
-the message of :exc:`ZeroDivisionError` for this operation is updated.
-Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-25-23-51-17.bpo-39453.xCOkYk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-25-23-51-17.bpo-39453.xCOkYk.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a possible crash in :meth:`list.__contains__` when a list is changed
-during comparing items. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-30-01-14-42.bpo-39492.eTuy0F.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-01-30-01-14-42.bpo-39492.eTuy0F.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix a reference cycle in the C Pickler that was preventing the garbage collection of deleted, pickled objects.
\ No newline at end of file
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix :func:`time.localtime` on 64-bit AIX  to support years before 1902 and after 2038.
-Patch by M Felt.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-04-10-27-41.bpo-39510.PMIh-f.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-04-10-27-41.bpo-39510.PMIh-f.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix segfault in ``readinto()`` method on closed BufferedReader.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-06-09-00-35.bpo-1635741.oaxe1j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-06-09-00-35.bpo-1635741.oaxe1j.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _contextvars extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-07-12-57-40.bpo-1635741.ySW6gq.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-07-12-57-40.bpo-1635741.ySW6gq.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Port _crypt extension module to multiphase initialization (:pep:`489`).
\ No newline at end of file
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-Change the ending column offset of `Attribute` nodes constructed in `ast_for_dotted_name` to point at the end of the current node and not at the end of the last `NAME` node.
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-Fix regression caused by fix for bpo-39386, that prevented calling
-``aclose`` on an async generator that had already been closed or exhausted.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-13-01-30-22.bpo-39573.uTFj1m.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-02-13-01-30-22.bpo-39573.uTFj1m.rst
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-Add :c:func:`Py_IS_TYPE` static inline function to check
-whether the object *o* type is *type*.
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-Enable use of :func:`os.chroot` on HP-UX systems.
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-Update clinic tool to use :c:func:`Py_IS_TYPE`. Patch by Dong-hee Na.
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-Fix a use-after-free in the single inheritance path of ``issubclass()``, when
-the ``__bases__`` of an object has a single reference, and so does its first item.
-Patch by Yonatan Goldschmidt.
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-Include subsection in TOC for PDF version of docs.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-01-17-13-59-21.bpo-39369.Bx5yE3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-01-17-13-59-21.bpo-39369.Bx5yE3.rst
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-Update mmap readline method description. The fact that the readline method does update the file position should not be ignored since this might give the impression for the programmer that it doesn't update it.
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-Explain that when filling with turtle, overlap regions may be left unfilled.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-01-27-22-24-51.bpo-39153.Pjl8jV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-01-27-22-24-51.bpo-39153.Pjl8jV.rst
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-Clarify refcounting semantics for the following functions:

-- PyObject_SetItem

-- PyMapping_SetItemString

-- PyDict_SetItem

-- PyDict_SetItemString
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-In pyclbr doc, update 'class' to 'module' where appropriate and add readmodule comment.
-Patch by Hakan Çelik.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-18-37-07.bpo-39572.CCtzy1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-18-18-37-07.bpo-39572.CCtzy1.rst
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-Updated documentation of ``total`` flag of TypeDict.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-19-11-13-47.bpo-17422.g7_9zz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-19-11-13-47.bpo-17422.g7_9zz.rst
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-The language reference now specifies restrictions on class namespaces.  Adapted from a patch by Ethan Furman.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-13-23-51-39.bpo-38792.xhTC5a.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-13-23-51-39.bpo-38792.xhTC5a.rst
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-Close an IDLE shell calltip if a :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt`
-or shell restart occurs.  Patch by Zackery Spytz.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-01-25-02-26-45.bpo-39388.x4TQNh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-01-25-02-26-45.bpo-39388.x4TQNh.rst
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-IDLE Settings Cancel button now cancels pending changes
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-01-27-16-44-29.bpo-30780.nR80qu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-01-27-16-44-29.bpo-30780.nR80qu.rst
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-Add remaining configdialog tests for buttons and highlights and keys tabs.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-10-17-09-48.bpo-39600.X6NsyM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-10-17-09-48.bpo-39600.X6NsyM.rst
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-In the font configuration window, remove duplicated font names.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-17-21-09-03.bpo-39663.wexcsH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2020-02-17-21-09-03.bpo-39663.wexcsH.rst
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-Add tests for pyparse find_good_parse_start().
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-04-10-14-23.bpo-32173.e0C5dF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-04-10-14-23.bpo-32173.e0C5dF.rst
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-* Add `lazycache` function to `__all__`.
-* Use `dict.clear` to clear the cache.
-* Refactoring `getline` function and `checkcache` function.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-01-12-20-39-34.bpo-35727.FWrbHn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-01-12-20-39-34.bpo-35727.FWrbHn.rst
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-Fix sys.exit() and sys.exit(None) exit code propagation when used in multiprocessing.Process.
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-`inspect.Signature.parameters` and `inspect.BoundArguments.arguments` are
-now dicts instead of OrderedDicts. Patch contributed by Rémi Lapeyre.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-09-12-12-11-05.bpo-25597.mPMzVx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-09-12-12-11-05.bpo-25597.mPMzVx.rst
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-Ensure, if ``wraps`` is supplied to :class:`unittest.mock.MagicMock`, it is used
-to calculate return values for the magic methods instead of using the default
-return values. Patch by Karthikeyan Singaravelan.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-09-17-24-29.bpo-34793.D82Dyu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-09-17-24-29.bpo-34793.D82Dyu.rst
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-Remove support for ``with (await asyncio.lock):`` and ``with (yield from
-asyncio.lock):``.  The same is correct for ``asyncio.Condition`` and
-``asyncio.Semaphore``.
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-``bool(fraction.Fraction)`` now returns a boolean even if (numerator != 0) does not return a boolean (ex: numpy number).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-19-04-12-34.bpo-39349.7CV-LC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-19-04-12-34.bpo-39349.7CV-LC.rst
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-Added a new *cancel_futures* parameter to

-:meth:`concurrent.futures.Executor.shutdown` that cancels all pending futures

-which have not started running, instead of waiting for them to complete before

-shutting down the executor.
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-Omit ``devmajor`` and ``devminor`` fields for non-device files in
-:mod:`tarfile` archives, enabling bit-for-bit compatibility with GNU
-``tar(1)``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-23-16-08-58.bpo-39432.Cee6mi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-23-16-08-58.bpo-39432.Cee6mi.rst
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-Implement PEP-489 algorithm for non-ascii "PyInit\_..." symbol names in distutils to make it export the correct init symbol also on Windows.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-24-13-24-35.bpo-39082.qKgrq_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-24-13-24-35.bpo-39082.qKgrq_.rst
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-Allow AsyncMock to correctly patch static/class methods
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-25-13-41-27.bpo-38932.1pu_8I.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-25-13-41-27.bpo-38932.1pu_8I.rst
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-Mock fully resets child objects on reset_mock(). Patch by Vegard Stikbakke
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-29-14-58-27.bpo-39485.Zy3ot6.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-29-14-58-27.bpo-39485.Zy3ot6.rst
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-Fix a bug in :func:`unittest.mock.create_autospec` that would complain about
-the wrong number of arguments for custom descriptors defined in an extension
-module returning functions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-29-22-47-12.bpo-39491.tdl17b.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-29-22-47-12.bpo-39491.tdl17b.rst
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-Add :data:`typing.Annotated` and ``include_extras`` parameter to
-:func:`typing.get_type_hints` as part of :pep:`593`. Patch by Till
-Varoquaux, documentation by Till Varoquaux and Konstantin Kashin.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-30-01-13-19.bpo-39493.CbFRi7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-30-01-13-19.bpo-39493.CbFRi7.rst
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-Mark ``typing.IO.closed`` as a property
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-The :func:`binascii.crc_hqx` function is no longer deprecated.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-02-10-08-25.bpo-12915.d6r50-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-02-10-08-25.bpo-12915.d6r50-.rst
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-A new function ``resolve_name`` has been added to the ``pkgutil`` module.
-This resolves a string of the form ``'a.b.c.d'`` or ``'a.b:c.d'`` to an
-object. In the example, ``a.b`` is a package/module and ``c.d`` is an object
-within that package/module reached via recursive attribute access.
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-Striped whitespace from docstring before returning it from
-:func:`unittest.case.shortDescription`.
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-Fix a regression in :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser` where
-``allow_abbrev=False`` was ignored for long options that used a prefix
-character other than "-".
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-05-11-24-16.bpo-38149.GWsjHE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-05-11-24-16.bpo-38149.GWsjHE.rst
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-:func:`sys.audit` is now called only once per call of :func:`glob.glob` and
-:func:`glob.iglob`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-05-18-29-14.bpo-39559.L8i5YB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-05-18-29-14.bpo-39559.L8i5YB.rst
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-Remove unused, undocumented argument ``getters`` from :func:`uuid.getnode`
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-Added audit for :func:`os.walk`, :func:`os.fwalk`, :meth:`pathlib.Path.glob`
-and :meth:`pathlib.Path.rglob`.
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-Fix regression in :class:`fractions.Fraction` if the numerator and/or the
-denominator is an :class:`int` subclass. The :func:`math.gcd` function is now
-used to normalize the *numerator* and *denominator*. :func:`math.gcd` always
-return a :class:`int` type. Previously, the GCD type depended on *numerator*
-and *denominator*.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-07-23-14-14.bpo-39595.DHwddE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-07-23-14-14.bpo-39595.DHwddE.rst
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-Improved performance of zipfile.Path for files with a large number of entries. Also improved performance and fixed minor issue as published with `importlib_metadata 1.5 <https://importlib-metadata.readthedocs.io/en/latest/changelog%20(links).html#v1-5-0>`_.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-08-13-37-00.bpo-39586.nfTPxX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-08-13-37-00.bpo-39586.nfTPxX.rst
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-The distutils ``bdist_msi`` command is deprecated in Python 3.9, use
-``bdist_wheel`` (wheel packages) instead.
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-Collections.deque now holds strong references during deque.__contains__ and deque.count, fixing crashes.
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-The :mod:`pydoc` and :mod:`trace` modules now use the :mod:`sysconfig`
-module to get the path to the Python standard library, to support uncommon
-installation path like ``/usr/lib64/python3.9/`` on Fedora.
-Patch by Jan Matějek.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-12-12-01-26.bpo-39474.RZMEUH.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-12-12-01-26.bpo-39474.RZMEUH.rst
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-Fixed starting position of AST for expressions like ``(a)(b)``, ``(a)[b]``
-and ``(a).b``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-13-18-14-15.bpo-39627.Q0scyQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-13-18-14-15.bpo-39627.Q0scyQ.rst
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-Fixed TypedDict totality check for inherited keys.
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-Fix hanging ProcessPoolExcutor on ``shutdown(wait=False)`` when a task has
-failed pickling.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-18-12-31-24.bpo-39674.S_zqVM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-18-12-31-24.bpo-39674.S_zqVM.rst
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-Revert "Do not expose abstract collection classes in the collections module"
-change (bpo-25988). Aliases to ABC like collections.Mapping are kept in
-Python 3.9 to ease transition from Python 2.7, but will be removed in Python
-3.10.
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-Add :func:`math.lcm` function: least common multiple.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-02-42-41.bpo-35950.9G3-wl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-02-42-41.bpo-35950.9G3-wl.rst
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-Raise :exc:`io.UnsupportedOperation` in :meth:`io.BufferedReader.truncate`
-when it is called on a read-only :class:`io.BufferedReader` instance.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-13-58-40.bpo-39681.zN8hf0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-21-13-58-40.bpo-39681.zN8hf0.rst
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-Fix a regression where the C pickle module wouldn't allow unpickling from a
-file-like object that doesn't expose a readinto() method.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-22-12-49-04.bpo-39648.Y-9N7F.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-22-12-49-04.bpo-39648.Y-9N7F.rst
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-Expanded :func:`math.gcd` and :func:`math.lcm` to handle multiple arguments.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-23-21-27-10.bpo-39649.qiubSp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-23-21-27-10.bpo-39649.qiubSp.rst
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-Remove obsolete check for `__args__` in bdb.Bdb.format_stack_entry.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-24-03-45-28.bpo-30566.qROxty.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-02-24-03-45-28.bpo-30566.qROxty.rst
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-Fix :exc:`IndexError` when trying to decode an invalid string with punycode
-codec.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-07-00-42-08.bpo-39184.fe7NgK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-01-07-00-42-08.bpo-39184.fe7NgK.rst
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-Add audit events to command execution functions in os and pty modules.
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-Avoid unsafe DLL load at startup on Windows 7 and earlier.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-07-23-54-18.bpo-39184.v-ue-v.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2020-02-07-23-54-18.bpo-39184.v-ue-v.rst
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-Add audit events to functions in `fcntl`, `msvcrt`, `os`, `resource`, `shutil`, `signal` and `syslog`.
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-Skip test_zipfile.test_add_file_after_2107() if :func:`time.localtime` fails
-with :exc:`OverflowError`. It is the case on AIX 6.1 for example.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-02-11-00-38-32.bpo-38325.HgmfoE.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-02-11-00-38-32.bpo-38325.HgmfoE.rst
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-Skip tests on non-BMP characters of test_winconsoleio.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-02-01-11-53.bpo-39185.T4herN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-02-01-11-53.bpo-39185.T4herN.rst
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-The build.bat script has additional options for very-quiet output (-q) and very-verbose output (-vv)
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-:meth:`~pathlib.Path.home()` and :meth:`~pathlib.Path.expanduser()` on Windows

-now prefer :envvar:`USERPROFILE` and no longer use :envvar:`HOME`, which is not

-normally set for regular user accounts. This makes them again behave like

-:func:`os.path.expanduser`, which was changed to ignore :envvar:`HOME` in 3.8,

-see :issue:`36264`.

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-Improve the error message when attempting to load a DLL with unresolved
-dependencies.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-24-03-15-05.bpo-39439.sFxGfR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-01-24-03-15-05.bpo-39439.sFxGfR.rst
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-Honor the Python path when a virtualenv is active on Windows.
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-Delete unused code related to SxS manifests.