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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index 4d8cf9f..a14a231 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ asyncio writing to sockets and uses :meth:`~socket.socket.sendmsg` if the platform supports it. (Contributed by Kumar Aditya in :gh:`91166`.) -* Added :func:`asyncio.eager_task_factory` and :func:`asyncio.create_eager_task_factory` +* Add :func:`asyncio.eager_task_factory` and :func:`asyncio.create_eager_task_factory` functions to allow opting an event loop in to eager task execution, making some use-cases 2x to 5x faster. (Contributed by Jacob Bower & Itamar Oren in :gh:`102853`, :gh:`104140`, and :gh:`104138`) @@ -666,17 +666,17 @@ inspect itertools --------- -* Added :class:`itertools.batched()` for collecting into even-sized +* Add :class:`itertools.batched()` for collecting into even-sized tuples where the last batch may be shorter than the rest. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`98363`.) math ---- -* Added :func:`math.sumprod` for computing a sum of products. +* Add :func:`math.sumprod` for computing a sum of products. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`100485`.) -* Extended :func:`math.nextafter` to include a *steps* argument +* Extend :func:`math.nextafter` to include a *steps* argument for moving up or down multiple steps at a time. (By Matthias Goergens, Mark Dickinson, and Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`94906`.) @@ -749,10 +749,10 @@ pdb random ------ -* Added :func:`random.binomialvariate`. +* Add :func:`random.binomialvariate`. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`81620`.) -* Added a default of ``lamb=1.0`` to :func:`random.expovariate`. +* Add a default of ``lamb=1.0`` to :func:`random.expovariate`. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`100234`.) shutil @@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ sqlite3 statistics ---------- -* Extended :func:`statistics.correlation` to include as a ``ranked`` method +* Extend :func:`statistics.correlation` to include as a ``ranked`` method for computing the Spearman correlation of ranked data. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`95861`.) @@ -949,7 +949,7 @@ unicodedata unittest -------- -Added ``--durations`` command line option, showing the N slowest test cases:: +Add a ``--durations`` command line option, showing the N slowest test cases:: python3 -m unittest --durations=3 lib.tests.test_threading ..... @@ -977,11 +977,11 @@ uuid Optimizations ============= -* Removed ``wstr`` and ``wstr_length`` members from Unicode objects. +* Remove ``wstr`` and ``wstr_length`` members from Unicode objects. It reduces object size by 8 or 16 bytes on 64bit platform. (:pep:`623`) (Contributed by Inada Naoki in :gh:`92536`.) -* Added experimental support for using the BOLT binary optimizer in the build +* Add experimental support for using the BOLT binary optimizer in the build process, which improves performance by 1-5%. (Contributed by Kevin Modzelewski in :gh:`90536` and tuned by Donghee Na in :gh:`101525`) @@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ CPython bytecode changes * Remove the :opcode:`!JUMP_IF_FALSE_OR_POP` and :opcode:`!JUMP_IF_TRUE_OR_POP` instructions. (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`102859`.) -* Removed the :opcode:`!PRECALL` instruction. (Contributed by Mark Shannon in +* Remove the :opcode:`!PRECALL` instruction. (Contributed by Mark Shannon in :gh:`92925`.) * Add the :opcode:`LOAD_FAST_AND_CLEAR` instruction as part of the @@ -1440,9 +1440,9 @@ imp loader.exec_module(module) return module -* Removed :mod:`!imp` functions and attributes with no replacements: +* Remove :mod:`!imp` functions and attributes with no replacements: - * undocumented functions: + * Undocumented functions: * ``imp.init_builtin()`` * ``imp.load_compiled()`` @@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ ssl unittest -------- -* Removed many old deprecated :mod:`unittest` features: +* Remove many long-deprecated :mod:`unittest` features: * A number of :class:`~unittest.TestCase` method aliases: @@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ webbrowser ---------- * Remove support for obsolete browsers from :mod:`webbrowser`. - Removed browsers include: Grail, Mosaic, Netscape, Galeon, Skipstone, + The removed browsers include: Grail, Mosaic, Netscape, Galeon, Skipstone, Iceape, Firebird, and Firefox versions 35 and below (:gh:`102871`). xml.etree.ElementTree @@ -1589,8 +1589,8 @@ zipimport Others ------ -* Removed the ``suspicious`` rule from the documentation :file:`Makefile`, and - removed ``Doc/tools/rstlint.py``, both in favor of `sphinx-lint +* Remove the ``suspicious`` rule from the documentation :file:`Makefile` and + :file:`Doc/tools/rstlint.py`, both in favor of `sphinx-lint <https://github.com/sphinx-contrib/sphinx-lint>`_. (Contributed by Julien Palard in :gh:`98179`.) @@ -1620,7 +1620,7 @@ Changes in the Python API contain ASCII letters and digits and underscore. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`91760`.) -* Removed ``randrange()`` functionality deprecated since Python 3.10. Formerly, +* Remove ``randrange()`` functionality deprecated since Python 3.10. Formerly, ``randrange(10.0)`` losslessly converted to ``randrange(10)``. Now, it raises a :exc:`TypeError`. Also, the exception raised for non-integer values such as ``randrange(10.5)`` or ``randrange('10')`` has been changed from :exc:`ValueError` to @@ -1634,7 +1634,7 @@ Changes in the Python API to :term:`filesystem encoding and error handler`. Argument files should be encoded in UTF-8 instead of ANSI Codepage on Windows. -* Removed the ``asyncore``-based ``smtpd`` module deprecated in Python 3.4.7 +* Remove the ``asyncore``-based ``smtpd`` module deprecated in Python 3.4.7 and 3.5.4. A recommended replacement is the :mod:`asyncio`-based aiosmtpd_ PyPI module. @@ -1761,7 +1761,7 @@ New Features ------------ -* :pep:`697`: Introduced the :ref:`Unstable C API tier <unstable-c-api>`, +* :pep:`697`: Introduce the :ref:`Unstable C API tier <unstable-c-api>`, intended for low-level tools like debuggers and JIT compilers. This API may change in each minor release of CPython without deprecation warnings. @@ -1783,7 +1783,7 @@ New Features (Contributed by Petr Viktorin in :gh:`101101`.) -* :pep:`697`: Added API for extending types whose instance memory layout is +* :pep:`697`: Add an API for extending types whose instance memory layout is opaque: - :c:member:`PyType_Spec.basicsize` can be zero or negative to specify @@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ New Features (Contributed by Petr Viktorin in :gh:`103509`.) -* Added the new :ref:`limited C API <limited-c-api>` function :c:func:`PyType_FromMetaclass`, +* Add the new :ref:`limited C API <limited-c-api>` function :c:func:`PyType_FromMetaclass`, which generalizes the existing :c:func:`PyType_FromModuleAndSpec` using an additional metaclass argument. (Contributed by Wenzel Jakob in :gh:`93012`.) @@ -1837,13 +1837,13 @@ New Features protocol are now available in the :ref:`Limited API <stable>`. (Contributed by Wenzel Jakob in :gh:`98586`.) -* Added two new public functions, +* Add two new public functions, :c:func:`PyEval_SetProfileAllThreads` and :c:func:`PyEval_SetTraceAllThreads`, that allow to set tracing and profiling functions in all running threads in addition to the calling one. (Contributed by Pablo Galindo in :gh:`93503`.) -* Added new function :c:func:`PyFunction_SetVectorcall` to the C API +* Add new function :c:func:`PyFunction_SetVectorcall` to the C API which sets the vectorcall field of a given :c:type:`PyFunctionObject`. (Contributed by Andrew Frost in :gh:`92257`.) @@ -1853,11 +1853,11 @@ New Features compilers, or debuggers. (Contributed by Carl Meyer in :gh:`91052`.) -* Added :c:func:`PyType_AddWatcher` and :c:func:`PyType_Watch` API to register +* Add :c:func:`PyType_AddWatcher` and :c:func:`PyType_Watch` API to register callbacks to receive notification on changes to a type. (Contributed by Carl Meyer in :gh:`91051`.) -* Added :c:func:`PyCode_AddWatcher` and :c:func:`PyCode_ClearWatcher` +* Add :c:func:`PyCode_AddWatcher` and :c:func:`PyCode_ClearWatcher` APIs to register callbacks to receive notification on creation and destruction of code objects. (Contributed by Itamar Oren in :gh:`91054`.) @@ -1887,8 +1887,8 @@ New Features to replace the legacy-api :c:func:`!PyErr_Display`. (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`102755`). -* :pep:`683`: Introduced Immortal Objects to Python which allows objects - to bypass reference counts and introduced changes to the C-API: +* :pep:`683`: Introduce *Immortal Objects*, which allows objects + to bypass reference counts, and related changes to the C-API: - ``_Py_IMMORTAL_REFCNT``: The reference count that defines an object as immortal. @@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ New Features (Contributed by Eddie Elizondo in :gh:`84436`.) -* :pep:`684`: Added the new :c:func:`Py_NewInterpreterFromConfig` +* :pep:`684`: Add the new :c:func:`Py_NewInterpreterFromConfig` function and :c:type:`PyInterpreterConfig`, which may be used to create sub-interpreters with their own GILs. (See :ref:`whatsnew312-pep684` for more info.) @@ -1954,7 +1954,7 @@ Porting to Python 3.12 copied as-is to the result string, and any extra arguments discarded. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`95781`.) -* Fixed wrong sign placement in :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromFormat` and +* Fix wrong sign placement in :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromFormat` and :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromFormatV`. (Contributed by Philip Georgi in :gh:`95504`.) |