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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index edbf921..3fe3310a 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -149,6 +149,19 @@ New Features In Python 3.14, the default will switch to ``'data'``. (Contributed by Petr Viktorin in :pep:`706`.) +PEP 688: Making the buffer protocol accessible in Python +-------------------------------------------------------- + +:pep:`688` introduces a way to use the :ref:`buffer protocol <bufferobjects>` +from Python code. Classes that implement the :meth:`~object.__buffer__` method +are now usable as buffer types. + +The new :class:`collections.abc.Buffer` ABC provides a standard +way to represent buffer objects, for example in type annotations. +The new :class:`inspect.BufferFlags` enum represents the flags that +can be used to customize buffer creation. +(Contributed by Jelle Zijlstra in :gh:`102500`.) + New Features Related to Type Hints ================================== @@ -179,7 +192,6 @@ See :pep:`692` for more details. (PEP written by Franek Magiera) - Other Language Changes ====================== |