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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/collections.abc.rst6
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/typing.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst5
-rw-r--r--Lib/_collections_abc.py23
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_collections.py19
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-08-02-45-46.gh-issue-91896.kgON_a.rst1
6 files changed, 49 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
index 669b734..43a3286 100644
--- a/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/collections.abc.rst
@@ -273,6 +273,12 @@ Collections Abstract Base Classes -- Detailed Descriptions
The index() method added support for *stop* and *start*
arguments.
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.12 3.14
+ The :class:`ByteString` ABC has been deprecated.
+ For use in typing, prefer a union, like ``bytes | bytearray``, or
+ :class:`collections.abc.Buffer`.
+ For use as an ABC, prefer :class:`Sequence` or :class:`collections.abc.Buffer`.
+
.. class:: Set
MutableSet
diff --git a/Doc/library/typing.rst b/Doc/library/typing.rst
index c22fc0b..162041f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/typing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/typing.rst
@@ -2139,8 +2139,7 @@ Corresponding to collections in :mod:`collections.abc`
annotate arguments of any of the types mentioned above.
.. deprecated:: 3.9
- :class:`collections.abc.ByteString` now supports subscripting (``[]``).
- See :pep:`585` and :ref:`types-genericalias`.
+ Prefer :class:`collections.abc.Buffer`, or a union like ``bytes | bytearray | memoryview``.
.. class:: Collection(Sized, Iterable[T_co], Container[T_co])
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
index 3fe3310a..4a988bf 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -792,6 +792,11 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.14
(Contributed by Jason R. Coombs and Hugo van Kemenade in :gh:`93963`.)
+* Deprecated :class:`collections.abc.ByteString`.
+ Prefer :class:`Sequence` or :class:`collections.abc.Buffer`.
+ For use in typing, prefer a union, like ``bytes | bytearray``, or :class:`collections.abc.Buffer`.
+ (Contributed by Shantanu Jain in :gh:`91896`.)
+
* Creating immutable types (:data:`Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE`) with mutable
bases using the C API.
diff --git a/Lib/_collections_abc.py b/Lib/_collections_abc.py
index 2117190..601107d 100644
--- a/Lib/_collections_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/_collections_abc.py
@@ -1071,8 +1071,27 @@ Sequence.register(str)
Sequence.register(range)
Sequence.register(memoryview)
-
-class ByteString(Sequence):
+class _DeprecateByteStringMeta(ABCMeta):
+ def __new__(cls, name, bases, namespace, **kwargs):
+ if name != "ByteString":
+ import warnings
+
+ warnings._deprecated(
+ "collections.abc.ByteString",
+ remove=(3, 14),
+ )
+ return super().__new__(cls, name, bases, namespace, **kwargs)
+
+ def __instancecheck__(cls, instance):
+ import warnings
+
+ warnings._deprecated(
+ "collections.abc.ByteString",
+ remove=(3, 14),
+ )
+ return super().__instancecheck__(instance)
+
+class ByteString(Sequence, metaclass=_DeprecateByteStringMeta):
"""This unifies bytes and bytearray.
XXX Should add all their methods.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_collections.py b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
index 8fc28a6..bb8b352 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_collections.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_collections.py
@@ -1940,14 +1940,25 @@ class TestCollectionABCs(ABCTestCase):
def test_ByteString(self):
for sample in [bytes, bytearray]:
- self.assertIsInstance(sample(), ByteString)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ self.assertIsInstance(sample(), ByteString)
self.assertTrue(issubclass(sample, ByteString))
for sample in [str, list, tuple]:
- self.assertNotIsInstance(sample(), ByteString)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ self.assertNotIsInstance(sample(), ByteString)
self.assertFalse(issubclass(sample, ByteString))
- self.assertNotIsInstance(memoryview(b""), ByteString)
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ self.assertNotIsInstance(memoryview(b""), ByteString)
self.assertFalse(issubclass(memoryview, ByteString))
- self.validate_abstract_methods(ByteString, '__getitem__', '__len__')
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ self.validate_abstract_methods(ByteString, '__getitem__', '__len__')
+
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ class X(ByteString): pass
+
+ with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+ # No metaclass conflict
+ class Z(ByteString, Awaitable): pass
def test_Buffer(self):
for sample in [bytes, bytearray, memoryview]:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-08-02-45-46.gh-issue-91896.kgON_a.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-08-02-45-46.gh-issue-91896.kgON_a.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5282d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-03-08-02-45-46.gh-issue-91896.kgON_a.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deprecate :class:`collections.abc.ByteString`