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diff --git a/Doc/library/types.rst b/Doc/library/types.rst index ff75de1..eb27846 100644 --- a/Doc/library/types.rst +++ b/Doc/library/types.rst @@ -86,14 +86,14 @@ Standard names are defined for the following types: .. data:: GeneratorType - The type of :term:`generator`-iterator objects, produced by calling a - generator function. + The type of :term:`generator`-iterator objects, created by + generator functions. .. data:: CoroutineType - The type of :term:`coroutine` objects, produced by calling a - function defined with an :keyword:`async def` statement. + The type of :term:`coroutine` objects, created by + :keyword:`async def` functions. .. versionadded:: 3.5 diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index e293ae2..bf2940c 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ Coroutine functions are declared using the new :keyword:`async def` syntax:: >>> async def coro(): ... return 'spam' -Inside a coroutine function, a new :keyword:`await` expression can be used +Inside a coroutine function, the new :keyword:`await` expression can be used to suspend coroutine execution until the result is available. Any object can be *awaited*, as long as it implements the :term:`awaitable` protocol by defining the :meth:`__await__` method. @@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ context managers:: Note that both :keyword:`async for` and :keyword:`async with` can only be used inside a coroutine function declared with :keyword:`async def`. -Coroutine functions are intended to be ran inside a compatible event loop, +Coroutine functions are intended to be run inside a compatible event loop, such as :class:`asyncio.Loop`. .. seealso:: @@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ argparse The :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser` class now allows to disable :ref:`abbreviated usage <prefix-matching>` of long options by setting -:ref:`allow_abbrev` to ``False``. (Contributed by Jonathan Paugh, +:ref:`allow_abbrev` to ``False``. (Contributed by Jonathan Paugh, Steven Bethard, paul j3 and Daniel Eriksson in :issue:`14910`.) @@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ protocol. (Contributed by Berker Peksag in :issue:`20289`.) cmath ----- -A new function :func:`cmath.isclose` provides a way to test for approximate +A new function :func:`~cmath.isclose` provides a way to test for approximate equality. (Contributed by Chris Barker and Tal Einat in :issue:`24270`.) @@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ collections.abc A new :class:`~collections.abc.Generator` abstract base class. (Contributed by Stefan Behnel in :issue:`24018`.) -A new :class:`~collections.abc.Coroutine`, +New :class:`~collections.abc.Coroutine`, :class:`~collections.abc.AsyncIterator`, and :class:`~collections.abc.AsyncIterable` abstract base classes. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`24184`.) @@ -721,8 +721,8 @@ concurrent.futures ------------------ The :meth:`Executor.map <concurrent.futures.Executor.map>` method now accepts a -*chunksize* argument to allow batching of tasks in child processes and improve -performance of :meth:`~concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor`. +*chunksize* argument to allow batching of tasks to improve performance when +:meth:`~concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor` is used. (Contributed by Dan O'Reilly in :issue:`11271`.) @@ -739,28 +739,30 @@ don't provide any options to redirect it. (Contributed by Berker Peksag in curses ------ -The new :func:`~curses.update_lines_cols` function updates the variables -:data:`curses.LINES` and :data:`curses.COLS`. +The new :func:`~curses.update_lines_cols` function updates :envvar:`LINES` +and :envvar:`COLS` environment variables. This is useful for detecting +manual screen resize. (Contributed by Arnon Yaari in :issue:`4254`.) difflib ------- -The charset of the HTML document generated by +The charset of HTML documents generated by :meth:`HtmlDiff.make_file <difflib.HtmlDiff.make_file>` -can now be customized by using *charset* keyword-only parameter. The default -charset of HTML document changed from ``"ISO-8859-1"`` to ``"utf-8"``. +can now be customized by using a new *charset* keyword-only argument. +The default charset of HTML document changed from ``"ISO-8859-1"`` +to ``"utf-8"``. (Contributed by Berker Peksag in :issue:`2052`.) -It is now possible to compare lists of byte strings with the -:func:`~difflib.diff_bytes` function. This fixes a regression from Python 2. +The :func:`~difflib.diff_bytes` function can now compare lists of byte +strings. This fixes a regression from Python 2. (Contributed by Terry J. Reedy and Greg Ward in :issue:`17445`.) distutils --------- -The ``build`` and ``build_ext`` commands now accept a ``-j`` option to +Both ``build`` and ``build_ext`` commands now accept a ``-j`` option to enable parallel building of extension modules. (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`5309`.) @@ -792,17 +794,18 @@ method provides easy access to a canonical value for the :mailheader:`Content-Disposition` header. (Contributed by Abhilash Raj in :issue:`21083`.) -A new policy option :attr:`~email.policy.EmailPolicy.utf8` can be set -to ``True`` to encode email headers using the UTF-8 charset instead of using -encoded words. This allows ``Messages`` to be formatted according to +A new policy option :attr:`EmailPolicy.utf8 <email.policy.EmailPolicy.utf8>` +can be set to ``True`` to encode email headers using the UTF-8 charset instead +of using encoded words. This allows ``Messages`` to be formatted according to :rfc:`6532` and used with an SMTP server that supports the :rfc:`6531` -``SMTPUTF8`` extension. (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`24211`.) +``SMTPUTF8`` extension. (Contributed by R. David Murray in +:issue:`24211`.) faulthandler ------------ -The :func:`~faulthandler.enable`, :func:`~faulthandler.register`, +:func:`~faulthandler.enable`, :func:`~faulthandler.register`, :func:`~faulthandler.dump_traceback` and :func:`~faulthandler.dump_traceback_later` functions now accept file descriptors in addition to file-like objects. @@ -813,14 +816,14 @@ functools --------- Most of :func:`~functools.lru_cache` machinery is now implemented in C, making -it significantly faster. (Contributed by Matt Joiner, Alexey Kachayev, and +it significantly faster. (Contributed by Matt Joiner, Alexey Kachayev, and Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`14373`.) glob ---- -The :func:`~glob.iglob` and :func:`~glob.glob` functions now support recursive +:func:`~glob.iglob` and :func:`~glob.glob` functions now support recursive search in subdirectories using the ``"**"`` pattern. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`13968`.) @@ -838,7 +841,7 @@ idlelib and IDLE ---------------- Since idlelib implements the IDLE shell and editor and is not intended for -import by other programs, it gets improvements with every release. See +import by other programs, it gets improvements with every release. See :file:`Lib/idlelib/NEWS.txt` for a cumulative list of changes since 3.4.0, as well as changes made in future 3.5.x releases. This file is also available from the IDLE Help -> About Idle dialog. @@ -888,17 +891,17 @@ object with code compiled from a string by running (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`21156`.) The new :func:`util.module_from_spec <importlib.util.module_from_spec>` -function is now the preferred way to create a new module. Compared to the -:class:`types.ModuleType` class, this new function will set the various -import-controlled attributes based on the passed-in spec object. -(Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`20383`.) +function is now the preferred way to create a new module. As opposed to +creating a :class:`types.ModuleType` instance directly, this new function +will set the various import-controlled attributes based on the passed-in +spec object. (Contributed by Brett Cannon in :issue:`20383`.) inspect ------- -The :class:`~inspect.Signature` and :class:`~inspect.Parameter` classes are now -picklable and hashable. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`20726` +Both :class:`~inspect.Signature` and :class:`~inspect.Parameter` classes are +now picklable and hashable. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`20726` and :issue:`20334`.) A new @@ -918,13 +921,13 @@ following of ``__wrapped__`` links. A set of new functions to inspect :term:`coroutine functions <coroutine function>` and -``coroutine objects`` has been added: +:term:`coroutine objects <coroutine>` has been added: :func:`~inspect.iscoroutine`, :func:`~inspect.iscoroutinefunction`, :func:`~inspect.isawaitable`, :func:`~inspect.getcoroutinelocals`, and :func:`~inspect.getcoroutinestate`. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`24017` and :issue:`24400`.) -The :func:`~inspect.stack`, :func:`~inspect.trace`, +:func:`~inspect.stack`, :func:`~inspect.trace`, :func:`~inspect.getouterframes`, and :func:`~inspect.getinnerframes` functions now return a list of named tuples. (Contributed by Daniel Shahaf in :issue:`16808`.) @@ -933,7 +936,7 @@ functions now return a list of named tuples. ipaddress --------- -The :class:`~ipaddress.IPv4Network` and :class:`~ipaddress.IPv6Network` classes +Both :class:`~ipaddress.IPv4Network` and :class:`~ipaddress.IPv6Network` classes now accept an ``(address, netmask)`` tuple argument, so as to easily construct network objects from existing addresses. (Contributed by Peter Moody and Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`16531`.) @@ -965,11 +968,11 @@ logging All logging methods (:class:`~logging.Logger` :meth:`~logging.Logger.log`, :meth:`~logging.Logger.exception`, :meth:`~logging.Logger.critical`, :meth:`~logging.Logger.debug`, etc.), now accept exception instances -in ``exc_info`` argument, in addition to boolean values and exception +as an ``exc_info`` argument, in addition to boolean values and exception tuples. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`20537`.) -The :class:`handlers.HTTPHandler <logging.handlers.HTTPHandler>` classes now -accepts an optional :class:`ssl.SSLContext` instance to configure the SSL +The :class:`handlers.HTTPHandler <logging.handlers.HTTPHandler>` class now +accepts an optional :class:`ssl.SSLContext` instance to configure SSL settings used in an HTTP connection. (Contributed by Alex Gaynor in :issue:`22788`.) @@ -983,7 +986,7 @@ lzma ---- The :meth:`LZMADecompressor.decompress <lzma.LZMADecompressor.decompress>` -method now accepts an optional *max_length* argument to limit the maximum +method now accepts an optional *max_length* argument to limit the maximum size of decompressed data. (Contributed by Martin Panter in :issue:`15955`.) @@ -1005,7 +1008,7 @@ Storchaka in :issue:`22486`.) operator -------- -The :mod:`operator` :func:`~operator.attrgetter`, :func:`~operator.itemgetter`, +:func:`~operator.attrgetter`, :func:`~operator.itemgetter`, and :func:`~operator.methodcaller` objects now support pickling. (Contributed by Josh Rosenberg and Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`22955`.) @@ -1032,15 +1035,15 @@ use ``/dev/urandom`` and avoiding failures due to potential file descriptor exhaustion. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`22181`.) New :func:`~os.get_blocking` and :func:`~os.set_blocking` functions allow to -get and set the file descriptor blocking mode (:data:`~os.O_NONBLOCK`.) +get and set a file descriptor blocking mode (:data:`~os.O_NONBLOCK`.) (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`22054`.) The :func:`~os.truncate` and :func:`~os.ftruncate` functions are now supported on Windows. (Contributed by Steve Dower in :issue:`23668`.) -There is a new :func:`~os.path.commonpath` function returning the longest +There is a new :func:`os.path.commonpath` function returning the longest common sub-path of each passed pathname. Unlike the -:func:`~os.path.commonprefix` function, it always returns a valid +:func:`os.path.commonprefix` function, it always returns a valid path. (Contributed by Rafik Draoui and Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`10395`.) @@ -1048,8 +1051,8 @@ pathlib ------- The new :meth:`Path.samefile <pathlib.Path.samefile>` method can be used -to check if the passed :class:`~pathlib.Path` object or a :class:`str` path, -point to the same file. +to check whether the path points to the same file as other path, which can be +either an another :class:`~pathlib.Path` object, or a string. (Contributed by Vajrasky Kok and Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`19775`.) The :meth:`Path.mkdir <pathlib.Path.mkdir>` method how accepts a new optional @@ -1070,16 +1073,16 @@ pickle ------ Nested objects, such as unbound methods or nested classes, can now be pickled -using :ref:`pickle protocols <pickle-protocols>` older than protocol version 4, -which already supported these cases. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in -:issue:`23611`.) +using :ref:`pickle protocols <pickle-protocols>` older than protocol version 4. +Protocol version 4 already supports these cases. (Contributed by Serhiy +Storchaka in :issue:`23611`.) poplib ------ -A new command :meth:`POP3.utf8 <poplib.POP3.utf8>` enables :rfc:`6856` -(internationalized email) support, if the POP server supports it. +A new :meth:`POP3.utf8 <poplib.POP3.utf8>` command enables :rfc:`6856` +(Internationalized Email) support, if a POP server supports it. (Contributed by Milan OberKirch in :issue:`21804`.) @@ -1090,15 +1093,15 @@ The number of capturing groups in regular expression is no longer limited by 100. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`22437`.) The :func:`~re.sub` and :func:`~re.subn` functions now replace unmatched -groups with empty strings instead of rising an exception. +groups with empty strings instead of raising an exception. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`1519638`.) readline -------- -The new :func:`~readline.append_history_file` function can be used to append -the specified number of trailing elements in history to a given file. +A new :func:`~readline.append_history_file` function can be used to append +the specified number of trailing elements in history to the given file. (Contributed by Bruno Cauet in :issue:`22940`.) @@ -1111,7 +1114,7 @@ the default :func:`~shutil.copy2` if there is a need to ignore file metadata when moving. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`19840`.) -The :func:`~shutil.make_archive` function now supports *xztar* format. +The :func:`~shutil.make_archive` function now supports the *xztar* format. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`5411`.) @@ -1121,7 +1124,7 @@ signal On Windows, the :func:`~signal.set_wakeup_fd` function now also supports socket handles. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`22018`.) -Various ``SIG*`` constants in :mod:`signal` module have been converted into +Various ``SIG*`` constants in the :mod:`signal` module have been converted into :mod:`Enums <enum>`. This allows meaningful names to be printed during debugging, instead of integer "magic numbers". (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola' in :issue:`21076`.) @@ -1133,7 +1136,8 @@ smtpd Both :class:`~smtpd.SMTPServer` and :class:`~smtpd.SMTPChannel` classes now accept a *decode_data* keyword argument to determine if the ``DATA`` portion of the SMTP transaction is decoded using the ``"utf-8"`` codec or is instead -provided to :meth:`SMTPServer.process_message <smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message>` +provided to the +:meth:`SMTPServer.process_message <smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message>` method as a byte string. The default is ``True`` for backward compatibility reasons, but will change to ``False`` in Python 3.6. If *decode_data* is set to ``False``, the :meth:`~smtpd.SMTPServer.process_message` method must @@ -1167,9 +1171,9 @@ A new :meth:`SMTP.auth <smtplib.SMTP.auth>` method provides a convenient way to implement custom authentication mechanisms. (Contributed by Milan Oberkirch in :issue:`15014`.) -Additional debuglevel (2) shows timestamps for debug messages in -:class:`smtplib.SMTP`. (Contributed by Gavin Chappell and Maciej Szulik in -:issue:`16914`.) +The :meth:`SMTP.set_debuglevel <smtplib.SMTP.set_debuglevel>` method now +accepts an additional debuglevel (2), which enables timestamps in debug +messages. (Contributed by Gavin Chappell and Maciej Szulik in :issue:`16914`.) Both :meth:`SMTP.sendmail <smtplib.SMTP.sendmail>` and :meth:`SMTP.send_message <smtplib.SMTP.send_message>` methods now @@ -1180,8 +1184,8 @@ support support :rfc:`6531` (SMTPUTF8). sndhdr ------ -The :func:`~sndhdr.what` and :func:`~sndhdr.whathdr` functions now return -a :func:`~collections.namedtuple`. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in +:func:`~sndhdr.what` and :func:`~sndhdr.whathdr` functions now return +a :func:`~collections.namedtuple`. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`18615`.) @@ -1194,14 +1198,14 @@ Memory BIO Support (Contributed by Geert Jansen in :issue:`21965`.) The new :class:`~ssl.SSLObject` class has been added to provide SSL protocol -support for cases when the network IO capabilities of :class:`~ssl.SSLSocket` +support for cases when the network I/O capabilities of :class:`~ssl.SSLSocket` are not necessary or suboptimal. :class:`~ssl.SSLObject` represents -an SSL protocol instance, but does not implement any network IO methods, and +an SSL protocol instance, but does not implement any network I/O methods, and instead provides a memory buffer interface. The new :class:`~ssl.MemoryBIO` class can be used to pass data between Python and an SSL protocol instance. The memory BIO SSL support is primarily intended to be used in frameworks -implementing asynchronous IO for which :class:`~ssl.SSLObject` IO readiness +implementing asynchronous I/O for which :class:`~ssl.SSLSocket`'s readiness model ("select/poll") is inefficient. A new :meth:`SSLContext.wrap_bio <ssl.SSLContext.wrap_bio>` method can be used @@ -1213,12 +1217,12 @@ Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation Support (Contributed by Benjamin Peterson in :issue:`20188`.) -Where OpenSSL support is present, :mod:`ssl` module now implements * -Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation* TLS extension as described +Where OpenSSL support is present, :mod:`ssl` module now implements +*Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation* TLS extension as described in :rfc:`7301`. The new :meth:`SSLContext.set_alpn_protocols <ssl.SSLContext.set_alpn_protocols>` -can be used to specify which protocols the socket should advertise during +can be used to specify which protocols a socket should advertise during the TLS handshake. The new @@ -1271,7 +1275,7 @@ Functions with timeouts now use a monotonic clock, instead of a system clock. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`22043`.) A new :meth:`socket.sendfile <socket.socket.sendfile>` method allows to -send a file over a socket by using high-performance :func:`os.sendfile` +send a file over a socket by using the high-performance :func:`os.sendfile` function on UNIX resulting in uploads being from 2 to 3 times faster than when using plain :meth:`socket.send <socket.socket.send>`. (Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola' in :issue:`17552`.) @@ -1285,9 +1289,12 @@ now the maximum total duration to send all data. subprocess ---------- -The new :func:`~subprocess.run` function has been added and is the recommended -approach to invoking subprocesses. It runs the specified command and -and returns a :class:`~subprocess.CompletedProcess` object. +The new :func:`~subprocess.run` function has been added. +It runs the specified command and and returns a +:class:`~subprocess.CompletedProcess` object, which describes a finished +process. The new API is more consistent and is the recommended approach +to invoking subprocesses in Python code that does not need to maintain +compatibility with earlier Python versions. (Contributed by Thomas Kluyver in :issue:`23342`.) @@ -1295,13 +1302,13 @@ sys --- A new :func:`~sys.set_coroutine_wrapper` function allows setting a global -hook that will be called whenever a :ref:`coro object <coro-objects>` -is created. Essentially, it works like a global coroutine decorator. A -corresponding :func:`~sys.get_coroutine_wrapper` can be used to obtain -a currently set wrapper. Both functions are provisional, and are intended -for debugging purposes only. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`24017`.) +hook that will be called whenever a :term:`coroutine object <coroutine>` +is created by an :keyword:`async def` function. A corresponding +:func:`~sys.get_coroutine_wrapper` can be used to obtain a currently set +wrapper. Both functions are provisional, and are intended for debugging +purposes only. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`24017`.) -There is a new :func:`~sys.is_finalizing` function to check if the Python +A new :func:`~sys.is_finalizing` function can be used to check if the Python interpreter is :term:`shutting down <interpreter shutdown>`. (Contributed by Antoine Pitrou in :issue:`22696`.) @@ -1320,7 +1327,7 @@ tarfile The *mode* argument of the :func:`~tarfile.open` function now accepts ``"x"`` to request exclusive creation. (Contributed by Berker Peksag in :issue:`21717`.) -The :meth:`TarFile.extractall <tarfile.TarFile.extractall>` and +:meth:`TarFile.extractall <tarfile.TarFile.extractall>` and :meth:`TarFile.extract <tarfile.TarFile.extract>` methods now take a keyword argument *numeric_only*. If set to ``True``, the extracted files and directories will be owned by the numeric ``uid`` and ``gid`` from the tarfile. @@ -1332,7 +1339,7 @@ they will be owned by the named user and group in the tarfile. threading --------- -The :meth:`Lock.acquire <threading.Lock.acquire>` and +Both :meth:`Lock.acquire <threading.Lock.acquire>` and :meth:`RLock.acquire <threading.RLock.acquire>` methods now use a monotonic clock for timeout management. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`22043`.) @@ -1348,9 +1355,9 @@ The :func:`~time.monotonic` function is now always available. timeit ------ -New command line option ``-u`` or ``--unit=U`` to specify a time -unit for the timer output. Supported options are ``usec``, ``msec``, or ``sec``. -(Contributed by Julian Gindi in :issue:`18983`.) +New command line option ``-u`` or ``--unit=U`` can be used to specify the time +unit for the timer output. Supported options are ``usec``, ``msec``, +or ``sec``. (Contributed by Julian Gindi in :issue:`18983`.) tkinter @@ -1373,7 +1380,7 @@ New lightweight classes: :class:`~traceback.TracebackException`, :class:`~traceback.StackSummary`, and :class:`traceback.FrameSummary`. (Contributed by Robert Collins in :issue:`17911`.) -The :func:`~traceback.print_tb` and :func:`~traceback.print_stack` functions +Both :func:`~traceback.print_tb` and :func:`~traceback.print_stack` functions now support negative values for the *limit* argument. (Contributed by Dmitry Kazakov in :issue:`22619`.) @@ -1387,8 +1394,8 @@ A new :func:`~types.coroutine` function to transform :term:`awaitables <awaitable>`. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`24017`.) -A new :class:`~types.CoroutineType` is the type of :term:`coroutine` objects, -produced by calling a function defined with an :keyword:`async def` statement. +A new :class:`~types.CoroutineType` is the type of :term:`coroutine` objects +created by :keyword:`async def` functions. (Contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`24400`.) @@ -1478,22 +1485,24 @@ Many functions in :mod:`mmap`, :mod:`ossaudiodev`, :mod:`socket`, Optimizations ============= -The :func:`os.walk` function has been sped up by 3-5 times on POSIX systems, -and by 7-20 times on Windows. This was done using the new :func:`os.scandir` +The :func:`os.walk` function has been sped up by 3 to 5 times on POSIX systems, +and by 7 to 20 times on Windows. This was done using the new :func:`os.scandir` function, which exposes file information from the underlying ``readdir`` or -``FindFirstFile``/``FindNextFile`` system calls. (Contributed by +``FindFirstFile``/``FindNextFile`` system calls. (Contributed by Ben Hoyt with help from Victor Stinner in :issue:`23605`.) Construction of ``bytes(int)`` (filled by zero bytes) is faster and uses less memory for large objects. ``calloc()`` is used instead of ``malloc()`` to allocate memory for these objects. +(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`21233`.) Some operations on :mod:`ipaddress` :class:`~ipaddress.IPv4Network` and :class:`~ipaddress.IPv6Network` have been massively sped up, such as :meth:`~ipaddress.IPv4Network.subnets`, :meth:`~ipaddress.IPv4Network.supernet`, :func:`~ipaddress.summarize_address_range`, :func:`~ipaddress.collapse_addresses`. The speed up can range from 3 to 15 times. -(See :issue:`21486`, :issue:`21487`, :issue:`20826`, :issue:`23266`.) +(Contributed by Antoine Pitrou, Michel Albert, and Markus in +:issue:`21486`, :issue:`21487`, :issue:`20826`, :issue:`23266`.) Pickling of :mod:`ipaddress` objects was optimized to produce significantly smaller output. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`23133`.) @@ -1572,7 +1581,7 @@ loaded): ``linux-gnu32`` (and ``<architecture>`` will be ``x86_64``). * On Windows, extension module filenames end with - ``.<debug>.cp<major><minor>-<platform>.pyd``: + ``<debug>.cp<major><minor>-<platform>.pyd``: * ``<major>`` is the major number of the Python version; for Python 3.5 this is ``3``. @@ -1607,7 +1616,8 @@ become proper keywords in Python 3.7. Unsupported Operating Systems ----------------------------- -Per :PEP:`11`, Microsoft support of Windows XP has ended. +Windows XP is no longer supported by Microsoft, thus, per :PEP:`11`, CPython +3.5 is no longer officially supported on this OS. Deprecated Python modules, functions and methods @@ -1782,6 +1792,10 @@ Changes in the Python API * The :mod:`socket` module now exports the CAN_RAW_FD_FRAMES constant on linux 3.6 and greater. +* The :func:`~ssl.cert_time_to_seconds` function now interprets the input time + as UTC and not as local time, per :rfc:`5280`. Additionally, the return + value is always an :class:`int`. (Contributed by Akira Li in :issue:`19940`.) + * The ``pygettext.py`` Tool now uses the standard +NNNN format for timezones in the POT-Creation-Date header. |