[Python-checkins] gh-81548: Clarify the deprecation of octal sequences affect byte strings (GH-92643)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/76b81be41346774a2e12607aa4d55f34b170b8e9
commit: 76b81be41346774a2e12607aa4d55f34b170b8e9
branch: 3.11
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2022-05-17T09:44:23-07:00
summary:

gh-81548: Clarify the deprecation of octal sequences affect byte strings (GH-92643)


Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:pablogsal
(cherry picked from commit 0d8500c739dc5ea926b2ec1ec02e400738225dac)

Co-authored-by: Pablo Galindo Salgado <Pablogsal at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
index 6518eea4c7ba5..97dd096731f0c 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst
@@ -1116,8 +1116,8 @@ Deprecated
   that was added in Python 3.10.
   (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`89519`.)
 
-* Octal escapes with value larger than ``0o377`` now produce
-  a :exc:`DeprecationWarning`.
+* Octal escapes in string and bytes literals with value larger than ``0o377`` now
+  produce :exc:`DeprecationWarning`.
   In a future Python version they will be a :exc:`SyntaxWarning` and
   eventually a :exc:`SyntaxError`.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`81548`.)



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