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@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ Core and Builtins - Issue #15379: Fix passing of non-BMP characters as integers for the charmap decoder (already working as unicode strings). Patch by Serhiy Storchaka. -- Issue #15144: Fix possible integer overflow when handling pointers as - integer values, by using Py_uintptr_t instead of size_t. Patch by - Serhiy Storchaka. +- Issue #15144: Fix possible integer overflow when handling pointers as integer + values, by using `Py_uintptr_t` instead of `size_t`. Patch by Serhiy + Storchaka. -- Issue #15965: Explicitly cast AT_FDCWD as (int). Required on Solaris 10 - (which defines AT_FDCWD as 0xffd19553), harmless on other platforms. +- Issue #15965: Explicitly cast `AT_FDCWD` as (int). Required on Solaris 10 + (which defines `AT_FDCWD` as ``0xffd19553``), harmless on other platforms. -- Issue #15839: Convert SystemErrors in super() to RuntimeErrors. +- Issue #15839: Convert SystemErrors in `super()` to RuntimeErrors. -- Issue #15846: Fix SystemError which happened when using ast.parse in an +- Issue #15846: Fix SystemError which happened when using `ast.parse()` in an exception handler on code with syntax errors. - Issue #15801: Make sure mappings passed to '%' formatting are actually @@ -33,95 +33,93 @@ Core and Builtins Library ------- -- Issue #16034: Fix performance regressions in the new BZ2File implementation. - Initial patch by Serhiy Storchaka. +- Issue #16034: Fix performance regressions in the new `bz2.BZ2File` + implementation. Initial patch by Serhiy Storchaka. -- pty.spawn() now returns the child process status returned by os.waitpid(). +- `pty.spawn()` now returns the child process status returned by `os.waitpid()`. -- Issue #15756: subprocess.poll() now properly handles errno.ECHILD to - return a returncode of 0 when the child has already exited or cannot - be waited on. +- Issue #15756: `subprocess.poll()` now properly handles `errno.ECHILD` to + return a returncode of 0 when the child has already exited or cannot be waited + on. -- Issue #15323: improve failure message of Mock.assert_called_once_with +- Issue #15323: Improve failure message of `Mock.assert_called_once_with()`. -- Issue #16064: unittest -m claims executable is "python", not "python3" +- Issue #16064: ``unittest -m`` claims executable is "python", not "python3". -- Issue #12376: Pass on parameters in TextTestResult.__init__ super call +- Issue #12376: Pass on parameters in `TextTestResult.__init__()` super call. -- Issue #15222: Insert blank line after each message in mbox mailboxes +- Issue #15222: Insert blank line after each message in mbox mailboxes. -- Issue #16013: Fix CSV Reader parsing issue with ending quote characters. +- Issue #16013: Fix `csv.Reader` parsing issue with ending quote characters. Patch by Serhiy Storchaka. -- Issue #15421: Fix an OverflowError in Calendar.itermonthdates() after - datetime.MAXYEAR. Patch by Cédric Krier. +- Issue #15421: Fix an OverflowError in `Calendar.itermonthdates()` after + `datetime.MAXYEAR`. Patch by Cédric Krier. -- Issue #15970: xml.etree.ElementTree now serializes correctly the empty HTML +- Issue #15970: `xml.etree.ElementTree` now serializes correctly the empty HTML elements 'meta' and 'param'. -- Issue #15842: The SocketIO.{readable,writable,seekable} methods now - raise ValueError when the file-like object is closed. Patch by Alessandro - Moura. +- Issue #15842: The `SocketIO.{readable,writable,seekable}` methods now raise + ValueError when the file-like object is closed. Patch by Alessandro Moura. -- Issue #15876: Fix a refleak in the curses module: window.encoding. +- Issue #15876: Fix a refleak in the `curses` module: window.encoding. -- Issue #15881: Fixed atexit hook in multiprocessing. Original patch - by Chris McDonough. +- Issue #15881: Fix `atexit` hook in `multiprocessing`. Original patch by Chris + McDonough. -- Issue #15841: The readable(), writable() and seekable() methods of BytesIO - and StringIO objects now raise ValueError when the object has been closed. - Patch by Alessandro Moura. +- Issue #15841: The readable(), writable() and seekable() methods of + `io.BytesIO` and `io.StringIO` objects now raise ValueError when the object + has been closed. Patch by Alessandro Moura. -- Issue #15447: Use subprocess.DEVNULL in webbrowser, instead of opening - os.devnull explicitly and leaving it open. +- Issue #15447: Use `subprocess.DEVNULL` in webbrowser, instead of opening + `os.devnull` explicitly and leaving it open. -- Issue #15509: webbrowser.UnixBrowser no longer passes empty arguments to - Popen when %action substitutions produce empty strings. +- Issue #15509: `webbrowser.UnixBrowser` no longer passes empty arguments to + Popen when ``%action`` substitutions produce empty strings. -- Issue #12776, issue #11839: call argparse type function (specified by add_argument) - only once. Before, the type function was called twice in the case where the - default was specified and the argument was given as well. This was especially - problematic for the FileType type, as a default file would always be opened, - even if a file argument was specified on the command line. +- Issue #12776, issue #11839: Call `argparse` type function (specified by + add_argument) only once. Before, the type function was called twice in the + case where the default was specified and the argument was given as well. This + was especially problematic for the FileType type, as a default file would + always be opened, even if a file argument was specified on the command line. - Issue #15906: Fix a regression in argparse caused by the preceding change, - when action='append', type='str' and default=[]. + when ``action='append'``, ``type='str'`` and ``default=[]``. Extension Modules ----------------- - Tests ----- -- Issue #15304: Fix warning message when os.chdir() fails inside - test.support.temp_cwd(). Patch by Chris Jerdonek. +- Issue #15304: Fix warning message when `os.chdir()` fails inside + `test.support.temp_cwd()`. Patch by Chris Jerdonek. -- Issue #15802: Fix test logic in TestMaildir.test_create_tmp. Patch - by Serhiy Storchaka. +- Issue #15802: Fix test logic in `TestMaildir.test_create_tmp()`. Patch by + Serhiy Storchaka. -- Issue #15557: Added a test suite for the webbrowser module, thanks - to Anton Barkovsky. +- Issue #15557: Added a test suite for the webbrowser module, thanks to Anton + Barkovsky. Build ----- -- Issue #15923: fix a mistake in asdl_c.py that resulted in a TypeError after - 2801bf875a24 (see #15801). +- Issue #15923: Fix a mistake in ``asdl_c.py`` that resulted in a TypeError + after 2801bf875a24 (see #15801). -- Issue #15819: Make sure we can build Python out-of-tree from a readonly - source directory. (Somewhat related to Issue #9860.) +- Issue #15819: Make sure we can build Python out-of-tree from a readonly source + directory. (Somewhat related to Issue #9860.) Documentation ------------- -- Issue #15533: Clarify docs and add tests for subprocess.Popen()'s cwd +- Issue #15533: Clarify docs and add tests for `subprocess.Popen()`'s cwd argument. -- Issue #16036: Improve documentation of built-in int()'s signature and +- Issue #16036: Improve documentation of built-in `int()`'s signature and arguments. -- Issue #15935: Clarification of argparse docs, re: add_argument() type and +- Issue #15935: Clarification of `argparse` docs, re: add_argument() type and default arguments. Patch contributed by Chris Jerdonek. - Issue #11964: Document a change in v3.2 to the behavior of the indent |