https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4287e8608bcabcc5bde851d838d4709db5d... commit: 4287e8608bcabcc5bde851d838d4709db5d69089 branch: main author: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> committer: hugovk <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> date: 2024-01-30T17:12:11+02:00 summary: gh-109975: Copyedit "What's New in Python 3.13" (#114401) Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com> files: M Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst index 985e34b453f63a..fec1e55e0daf0e 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst @@ -146,14 +146,6 @@ New Modules Improved Modules ================ -ast ---- - -* :func:`ast.parse` now accepts an optional argument ``optimize`` - which is passed on to the :func:`compile` built-in. This makes it - possible to obtain an optimized ``AST``. - (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`108113`). - array ----- @@ -161,6 +153,14 @@ array It can be used instead of ``'u'`` type code, which is deprecated. (Contributed by Inada Naoki in :gh:`80480`.) +ast +--- + +* :func:`ast.parse` now accepts an optional argument ``optimize`` + which is passed on to the :func:`compile` built-in. This makes it + possible to obtain an optimized ``AST``. + (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`108113`.) + asyncio ------- @@ -180,6 +180,13 @@ copy any user classes which define the :meth:`!__replace__` method. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`108751`.) +dbm +--- + +* Add :meth:`dbm.gnu.gdbm.clear` and :meth:`dbm.ndbm.ndbm.clear` methods that remove all items + from the database. + (Contributed by Donghee Na in :gh:`107122`.) + dis --- @@ -189,13 +196,6 @@ dis the ``show_offsets`` parameter. (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`112137`.) -dbm ---- - -* Add :meth:`dbm.gnu.gdbm.clear` and :meth:`dbm.ndbm.ndbm.clear` methods that remove all items - from the database. - (Contributed by Donghee Na in :gh:`107122`.) - doctest ------- @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ email parameter to these two functions: use ``strict=False`` to get the old behavior, accept malformed inputs. ``getattr(email.utils, 'supports_strict_parsing', False)`` can be use to - check if the *strict* paramater is available. + check if the *strict* parameter is available. (Contributed by Thomas Dwyer and Victor Stinner for :gh:`102988` to improve the CVE-2023-27043 fix.) @@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ fractions * Formatting for objects of type :class:`fractions.Fraction` now supports the standard format specification mini-language rules for fill, alignment, sign handling, minimum width and grouping. (Contributed by Mark Dickinson - in :gh:`111320`) + in :gh:`111320`.) glob ---- @@ -297,17 +297,17 @@ os the new environment variable :envvar:`PYTHON_CPU_COUNT` or the new command-line option :option:`-X cpu_count <-X>`. This option is useful for users who need to limit CPU resources of a container system without having to modify the container (application code). - (Contributed by Donghee Na in :gh:`109595`) + (Contributed by Donghee Na in :gh:`109595`.) * Add support of :func:`os.lchmod` and the *follow_symlinks* argument in :func:`os.chmod` on Windows. Note that the default value of *follow_symlinks* in :func:`!os.lchmod` is ``False`` on Windows. - (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`59616`) + (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`59616`.) * Add support of :func:`os.fchmod` and a file descriptor in :func:`os.chmod` on Windows. - (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`113191`) + (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`113191`.) * :func:`os.posix_spawn` now accepts ``env=None``, which makes the newly spawned process use the current process environment. @@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ pdb the new ``exceptions [exc_number]`` command for Pdb. (Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier in :gh:`106676`.) -* Expressions/Statements whose prefix is a pdb command are now correctly +* Expressions/statements whose prefix is a pdb command are now correctly identified and executed. (Contributed by Tian Gao in :gh:`108464`.) @@ -487,34 +487,69 @@ Deprecated Replace ``ctypes.ARRAY(item_type, size)`` with ``item_type * size``. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105733`.) +* :mod:`decimal`: Deprecate non-standard format specifier "N" for + :class:`decimal.Decimal`. + It was not documented and only supported in the C implementation. + (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`89902`.) + +* :mod:`dis`: The ``dis.HAVE_ARGUMENT`` separator is deprecated. Check + membership in :data:`~dis.hasarg` instead. + (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`109319`.) + * :mod:`getopt` and :mod:`optparse` modules: They are now - :term:`soft deprecated`: the :mod:`argparse` should be used for new projects. + :term:`soft deprecated`: the :mod:`argparse` module should be used for new projects. Previously, the :mod:`optparse` module was already deprecated, its removal was not scheduled, and no warnings was emitted: so there is no change in practice. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`106535`.) +* :mod:`gettext`: Emit deprecation warning for non-integer numbers in + :mod:`gettext` functions and methods that consider plural forms even if the + translation was not found. + (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`88434`.) + * :mod:`http.server`: :class:`http.server.CGIHTTPRequestHandler` now emits a - :exc:`DeprecationWarning` as it will be removed in 3.15. Process based CGI - http servers have been out of favor for a very long time. This code was + :exc:`DeprecationWarning` as it will be removed in 3.15. Process-based CGI + HTTP servers have been out of favor for a very long time. This code was outdated, unmaintained, and rarely used. It has a high potential for both security and functionality bugs. This includes removal of the ``--cgi`` flag to the ``python -m http.server`` command line in 3.15. * :mod:`pathlib`: + :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.is_reserved` is deprecated and scheduled for + removal in Python 3.15. Use :func:`os.path.isreserved` to detect reserved + paths on Windows. + +* :mod:`pydoc`: Deprecate undocumented :func:`!pydoc.ispackage` function. + (Contributed by Zackery Spytz in :gh:`64020`.) + +* :mod:`sqlite3`: Passing more than one positional argument to + :func:`sqlite3.connect` and the :class:`sqlite3.Connection` constructor is + deprecated. The remaining parameters will become keyword-only in Python 3.15. + + Deprecate passing name, number of arguments, and the callable as keyword + arguments for the following :class:`sqlite3.Connection` APIs: + + * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.create_function` + * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.create_aggregate` + + Deprecate passing the callback callable by keyword for the following + :class:`sqlite3.Connection` APIs: + + * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.set_authorizer` + * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.set_progress_handler` + * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.set_trace_callback` + + The affected parameters will become positional-only in Python 3.15. - * :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.is_reserved` is deprecated and scheduled for - removal in Python 3.15. Use :func:`os.path.isreserved` to detect reserved - paths on Windows. + (Contributed by Erlend E. Aasland in :gh:`107948` and :gh:`108278`.) * :mod:`sys`: :func:`sys._enablelegacywindowsfsencoding` function. - Replace it with :envvar:`PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING` environment variable. + Replace it with the :envvar:`PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING` environment variable. (Contributed by Inada Naoki in :gh:`73427`.) -* :mod:`traceback`: - - * The field *exc_type* of :class:`traceback.TracebackException` is - deprecated. Use *exc_type_str* instead. +* :mod:`traceback`: The field *exc_type* of :class:`traceback.TracebackException` + is deprecated. Use *exc_type_str* instead. * :mod:`typing`: @@ -550,39 +585,6 @@ Deprecated They will be removed in Python 3.15. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105096`.) -* Passing more than one positional argument to :func:`sqlite3.connect` and the - :class:`sqlite3.Connection` constructor is deprecated. The remaining - parameters will become keyword-only in Python 3.15. - - Deprecate passing name, number of arguments, and the callable as keyword - arguments, for the following :class:`sqlite3.Connection` APIs: - - * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.create_function` - * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.create_aggregate` - - Deprecate passing the callback callable by keyword for the following - :class:`sqlite3.Connection` APIs: - - * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.set_authorizer` - * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.set_progress_handler` - * :meth:`~sqlite3.Connection.set_trace_callback` - - The affected parameters will become positional-only in Python 3.15. - - (Contributed by Erlend E. Aasland in :gh:`107948` and :gh:`108278`.) - -* The ``dis.HAVE_ARGUMENT`` separator is deprecated. Check membership - in :data:`~dis.hasarg` instead. - (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`109319`.) - -* Deprecate non-standard format specifier "N" for :class:`decimal.Decimal`. - It was not documented and only supported in the C implementation. - (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`89902`.) - -* Emit deprecation warning for non-integer numbers in :mod:`gettext` functions - and methods that consider plural forms even if the translation was not found. - (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`88434`.) - * Calling :meth:`frame.clear` on a suspended frame raises :exc:`RuntimeError` (as has always been the case for an executing frame). (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`79932`.) @@ -593,9 +595,6 @@ Deprecated coroutine. (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`81137`.) -* Deprecate undocumented :func:`!pydoc.ispackage` function. - (Contributed by Zackery Spytz in :gh:`64020`.) - Pending Removal in Python 3.14 ------------------------------ @@ -657,11 +656,11 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.14 :func:`~multiprocessing.set_start_method` APIs to explicitly specify when your code *requires* ``'fork'``. See :ref:`multiprocessing-start-methods`. -* :mod:`pathlib`: :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.is_relative_to`, +* :mod:`pathlib`: :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.is_relative_to` and :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.relative_to`: passing additional arguments is deprecated. -* :func:`pkgutil.find_loader` and :func:`pkgutil.get_loader` +* :mod:`pkgutil`: :func:`~pkgutil.find_loader` and :func:`~pkgutil.get_loader` now raise :exc:`DeprecationWarning`; use :func:`importlib.util.find_spec` instead. (Contributed by Nikita Sobolev in :gh:`97850`.) @@ -719,10 +718,16 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.15 (Contributed by Hugo van Kemenade in :gh:`111187`.) * :mod:`pathlib`: + :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.is_reserved` is deprecated and scheduled for + removal in Python 3.15. Use :func:`os.path.isreserved` to detect reserved + paths on Windows. - * :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.is_reserved` is deprecated and scheduled for - removal in Python 3.15. Use :func:`os.path.isreserved` to detect reserved - paths on Windows. +* :mod:`threading`: + Passing any arguments to :func:`threading.RLock` is now deprecated. + C version allows any numbers of args and kwargs, + but they are just ignored. Python version does not allow any arguments. + All arguments will be removed from :func:`threading.RLock` in Python 3.15. + (Contributed by Nikita Sobolev in :gh:`102029`.) * :class:`typing.NamedTuple`: @@ -749,12 +754,6 @@ Pending Removal in Python 3.15 They will be removed in Python 3.15. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105096`.) -* Passing any arguments to :func:`threading.RLock` is now deprecated. - C version allows any numbers of args and kwargs, - but they are just ignored. Python version does not allow any arguments. - All arguments will be removed from :func:`threading.RLock` in Python 3.15. - (Contributed by Nikita Sobolev in :gh:`102029`.) - Pending Removal in Python 3.16 ------------------------------ @@ -801,6 +800,9 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal. :data:`calendar.FEBRUARY`. (Contributed by Prince Roshan in :gh:`103636`.) +* :attr:`codeobject.co_lnotab`: use the :meth:`codeobject.co_lines` method + instead. + * :mod:`datetime`: * :meth:`~datetime.datetime.utcnow`: @@ -836,11 +838,13 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal. underscore. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`91760`.) +* :mod:`!sre_compile`, :mod:`!sre_constants` and :mod:`!sre_parse` modules. + * :mod:`ssl` options and protocols: * :class:`ssl.SSLContext` without protocol argument is deprecated. * :class:`ssl.SSLContext`: :meth:`~ssl.SSLContext.set_npn_protocols` and - :meth:`!~ssl.SSLContext.selected_npn_protocol` are deprecated: use ALPN + :meth:`!selected_npn_protocol` are deprecated: use ALPN instead. * ``ssl.OP_NO_SSL*`` options * ``ssl.OP_NO_TLS*`` options @@ -853,13 +857,6 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal. * ``ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1`` * ``ssl.TLSVersion.TLSv1_1`` -* :mod:`!sre_compile`, :mod:`!sre_constants` and :mod:`!sre_parse` modules. - -* :attr:`codeobject.co_lnotab`: use the :meth:`codeobject.co_lines` method - instead. - -* :class:`typing.Text` (:gh:`92332`). - * :func:`sysconfig.is_python_build` *check_home* parameter is deprecated and ignored. @@ -874,14 +871,10 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal. * :meth:`!threading.currentThread`: use :meth:`threading.current_thread`. * :meth:`!threading.activeCount`: use :meth:`threading.active_count`. -* :class:`unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase`: it is deprecated to return a value - that is not None from a test case. - -* :mod:`urllib.request`: :class:`~urllib.request.URLopener` and - :class:`~urllib.request.FancyURLopener` style of invoking requests is - deprecated. Use newer :func:`~urllib.request.urlopen` functions and methods. +* :class:`typing.Text` (:gh:`92332`). -* :func:`!urllib.parse.to_bytes`. +* :class:`unittest.IsolatedAsyncioTestCase`: it is deprecated to return a value + that is not ``None`` from a test case. * :mod:`urllib.parse` deprecated functions: :func:`~urllib.parse.urlparse` instead @@ -895,6 +888,11 @@ although there is currently no date scheduled for their removal. * ``splittype()`` * ``splituser()`` * ``splitvalue()`` + * ``to_bytes()`` + +* :mod:`urllib.request`: :class:`~urllib.request.URLopener` and + :class:`~urllib.request.FancyURLopener` style of invoking requests is + deprecated. Use newer :func:`~urllib.request.urlopen` functions and methods. * :mod:`wsgiref`: ``SimpleHandler.stdout.write()`` should not do partial writes. @@ -1190,10 +1188,10 @@ Changes in the Python API * Functions :c:func:`PyDict_GetItem`, :c:func:`PyDict_GetItemString`, :c:func:`PyMapping_HasKey`, :c:func:`PyMapping_HasKeyString`, :c:func:`PyObject_HasAttr`, :c:func:`PyObject_HasAttrString`, and - :c:func:`PySys_GetObject`, which clear all errors occurred during calling - the function, report now them using :func:`sys.unraisablehook`. - You can consider to replace these functions with other functions as - recomended in the documentation. + :c:func:`PySys_GetObject`, which clear all errors which occurred when calling + them, now report them using :func:`sys.unraisablehook`. + You may replace them with other functions as + recommended in the documentation. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`106672`.) * An :exc:`OSError` is now raised by :func:`getpass.getuser` for any failure to @@ -1202,7 +1200,7 @@ Changes in the Python API * The :mod:`threading` module now expects the :mod:`!_thread` module to have an ``_is_main_interpreter`` attribute. It is a function with no - arguments that returns ``True`` if the current interpreter is the + arguments that return ``True`` if the current interpreter is the main interpreter. Any library or application that provides a custom ``_thread`` module @@ -1225,7 +1223,7 @@ Build Changes (Contributed by Erlend Aasland in :gh:`105875`.) * Python built with :file:`configure` :option:`--with-trace-refs` (tracing - references) is now ABI compatible with Python release build and + references) is now ABI compatible with the Python release build and :ref:`debug build <debug-build>`. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`108634`.) @@ -1252,7 +1250,7 @@ New Features (Contributed by Inada Naoki in :gh:`104922`.) * The *keywords* parameter of :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords` and - :c:func:`PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords` has now type :c:expr:`char * const *` + :c:func:`PyArg_VaParseTupleAndKeywords` now has type :c:expr:`char * const *` in C and :c:expr:`const char * const *` in C++, instead of :c:expr:`char **`. It makes these functions compatible with arguments of type :c:expr:`const char * const *`, :c:expr:`const char **` or @@ -1309,14 +1307,14 @@ New Features always steals a reference to the value. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`86493`.) -* Added :c:func:`PyDict_GetItemRef` and :c:func:`PyDict_GetItemStringRef` +* Add :c:func:`PyDict_GetItemRef` and :c:func:`PyDict_GetItemStringRef` functions: similar to :c:func:`PyDict_GetItemWithError` but returning a :term:`strong reference` instead of a :term:`borrowed reference`. Moreover, these functions return -1 on error and so checking ``PyErr_Occurred()`` is not needed. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`106004`.) -* Added :c:func:`PyDict_ContainsString` function: same as +* Add :c:func:`PyDict_ContainsString` function: same as :c:func:`PyDict_Contains`, but *key* is specified as a :c:expr:`const char*` UTF-8 encoded bytes string, rather than a :c:expr:`PyObject*`. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`108314`.) @@ -1374,7 +1372,7 @@ New Features (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`85283`.) * Add :c:func:`PyErr_FormatUnraisable` function: similar to - :c:func:`PyErr_WriteUnraisable`, but allow to customize the warning mesage. + :c:func:`PyErr_WriteUnraisable`, but allow customizing the warning message. (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`108082`.) * Add :c:func:`PyList_Extend` and :c:func:`PyList_Clear` functions: similar to @@ -1384,7 +1382,7 @@ New Features * Add :c:func:`PyDict_Pop` and :c:func:`PyDict_PopString` functions: remove a key from a dictionary and optionally return the removed value. This is similar to :meth:`dict.pop`, but without the default value and not raising - :exc:`KeyError` if the key missing. + :exc:`KeyError` if the key is missing. (Contributed by Stefan Behnel and Victor Stinner in :gh:`111262`.) * Add :c:func:`Py_HashPointer` function to hash a pointer. @@ -1497,7 +1495,7 @@ Removed ------- * Removed chained :class:`classmethod` descriptors (introduced in - :issue:`19072`). This can no longer be used to wrap other descriptors + :gh:`63272`). This can no longer be used to wrap other descriptors such as :class:`property`. The core design of this feature was flawed and caused a number of downstream problems. To "pass-through" a :class:`classmethod`, consider using the :attr:`!__wrapped__` @@ -1511,14 +1509,14 @@ Removed add ``cc @vstinner`` to the issue to notify Victor Stinner. (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`106320`.) -* Remove functions deprecated in Python 3.9. +* Remove functions deprecated in Python 3.9: * ``PyEval_CallObject()``, ``PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords()``: use :c:func:`PyObject_CallNoArgs` or :c:func:`PyObject_Call` instead. Warning: :c:func:`PyObject_Call` positional arguments must be a - :class:`tuple` and must not be *NULL*, keyword arguments must be a - :class:`dict` or *NULL*, whereas removed functions checked arguments type - and accepted *NULL* positional and keyword arguments. + :class:`tuple` and must not be ``NULL``, keyword arguments must be a + :class:`dict` or ``NULL``, whereas removed functions checked arguments type + and accepted ``NULL`` positional and keyword arguments. To replace ``PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(func, NULL, kwargs)`` with :c:func:`PyObject_Call`, pass an empty tuple as positional arguments using :c:func:`PyTuple_New(0) <PyTuple_New>`.