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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst index 4410de6..52c3e21 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst @@ -134,13 +134,27 @@ New Modules Improved Modules ================ -* Different constants of :mod:`signal` module are now enumeration values using - the :mod:`enum` module. This allows meaningful names to be printed during - debugging, instead of integer “magic numbers”. (contribute by Giampaolo - Rodola' in :issue:`21076`) +doctest +------- -* :class:`xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy` is now a :term:`context manager` - (contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`20627`). +* :func:`doctest.DocTestSuite` returns an empty :class:`unittest.TestSuite` if + *module* contains no docstrings instead of raising :exc:`ValueError` + (contributed by Glenn Jones in :issue:`15916`). + +importlib +--------- + +* :class:`importlib.util.LazyLoader` allows for the lazy loading of modules in + applications where startup time is paramount (contributed by Brett Cannon in + :issue:`17621`). + +* :func:`importlib.abc.InspectLoader.source_to_code` is now a + static method to make it easier to work with source code in a string. + With a module object that you want to initialize you can then use + ``exec(code, module.__dict__)`` to execute the code in the module. + +inspect +------- * :class:`inspect.Signature` and :class:`inspect.Parameter` are now picklable and hashable (contributed by Yury Selivanov in :issue:`20726` @@ -150,24 +164,25 @@ Improved Modules subclassing of :class:`~inspect.Signature` easier (contributed by Yury Selivanov and Eric Snow in :issue:`17373`). -* :class:`importlib.util.LazyLoader` allows for the lazy loading of modules in - applications where startup time is paramount (contributed by Brett Cannon in - :issue:`17621`). +signal +------ -* :func:`doctest.DocTestSuite` returns an empty :class:`unittest.TestSuite` if - *module* contains no docstrings instead of raising :exc:`ValueError` - (contributed by Glenn Jones in :issue:`15916`). +* Different constants of :mod:`signal` module are now enumeration values using + the :mod:`enum` module. This allows meaningful names to be printed during + debugging, instead of integer “magic numbers”. (contribute by Giampaolo + Rodola' in :issue:`21076`) -* :func:`importlib.abc.InspectLoader.source_to_code` is now a - static method to make it easier to work with source code in a string. - With a module object that you want to initialize you can then use - ``exec(code, module.__dict__)`` to execute the code in the module. +xmlrpc +------ + +* :class:`xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy` is now a :term:`context manager` + (contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`20627`). Optimizations ============= -Major performance enhancements have been added: +The following performance enhancements have been added: * Construction of ``bytes(int)`` and ``bytearray(int)`` (filled by zero bytes) is faster and use less memory (until the bytearray buffer is filled with |