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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index c66ade8..1f0a1f1 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -554,15 +554,15 @@ and Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17916`) doctest ------- -Added :data:`~doctest.FAIL_FAST` flag to halt test running as soon as the first -failure is detected. (Contributed by R. David Murray and Daniel Urban in -:issue:`16522`.) +A new :ref:`option flag <doctest-options>`, :data:`~doctest.FAIL_FAST`, halts +test running as soon as the first failure is detected. (Contributed by R. +David Murray and Daniel Urban in :issue:`16522`.) -Updated the doctest command line interface to use :mod:`argparse`, and added -``-o`` and ``-f`` options to the interface. ``-o`` allows doctest options to -be specified on the command line, and ``-f`` is a shorthand for ``-o -FAIL_FAST`` (to parallel the similar option supported by the :mod:`unittest` -CLI). (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`11390`.) +The :mod:`doctest` command line interface now uses :mod:`argparse`, and has two +new options, ``-o`` and ``-f``. ``-o`` allows :ref:`doctest options +<doctest-options>` to be specified on the command line, and ``-f`` is a +shorthand for ``-o FAIL_FAST`` (to parallel the similar option supported by the +:mod:`unittest` CLI). (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`11390`.) email @@ -795,13 +795,11 @@ keyword-only arguments. It also provides some efficiency improvements. poplib ------ -New :meth:`~poplib.POP3.stls` method to switch a clear-text POP3 session into -an encrypted POP3 session. - -New :meth:`~poplib.POP3.capa` method to query the capabilities advertised by the -POP3 server. - -(Contributed by Lorenzo Catucci in :issue:`4473`.) +Two new methods have been added to :mod:`poplib`: :meth:`~poplib.POP3.capa`, +which returns the list of capabilities advertised by the POP server, and +:meth:`~poplib.POP3.stls`, which switches a clear-text POP3 session into an +encrypted POP3 session if the POP server supports it. (Contributed by Lorenzo +Catucci in :issue:`4473`.) pprint @@ -947,8 +945,9 @@ reducing the amount of memory consumed (:issue:`1565525`). urllib ------ -Add support.for ``data:`` URLs in :mod:`urllib.request`. -(Contributed by Mathias Panzenböck in :issue:`16423`.) +:mod:`urllib.request` now supports ``data:`` URLs via the +:class:`~urllib.request.DataHandler` class. (Contributed by Mathias Panzenböck +in :issue:`16423`.) unittest |