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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index bb520dc..52a6e91 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ Improved Modules argparse -------- -The :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser` class now allows to disable +The :class:`~argparse.ArgumentParser` class now allows disabling :ref:`abbreviated usage <prefix-matching>` of long options by setting :ref:`allow_abbrev` to ``False``. (Contributed by Jonathan Paugh, Steven Bethard, paul j3 and Daniel Eriksson in :issue:`14910`.) @@ -913,12 +913,12 @@ external `PyPI package <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/backports_abc>`_. compileall ---------- -A new :mod:`compileall` option, :samp:`-j {N}`, allows to run *N* workers +A new :mod:`compileall` option, :samp:`-j {N}`, allows running *N* workers simultaneously to perform parallel bytecode compilation. The :func:`~compileall.compile_dir` function has a corresponding ``workers`` parameter. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`16104`.) -Another new option, ``-r``, allows to control the maximum recursion +Another new option, ``-r``, allows controlling the maximum recursion level for subdirectories. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`19628`.) The ``-q`` command line option can now be specified more than once, in @@ -1453,8 +1453,8 @@ or newer, and ``getentropy()`` on OpenBSD 5.6 and newer, removing the need to 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 a file descriptor's blocking mode (:data:`~os.O_NONBLOCK`.) +New :func:`~os.get_blocking` and :func:`~os.set_blocking` functions allow +getting and setting a file descriptor's 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 @@ -1681,8 +1681,8 @@ socket 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 the high-performance :func:`os.sendfile` +A new :meth:`socket.sendfile() <socket.socket.sendfile>` method allows +sending 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`.) |