From eb0ce92141cd14196a8922cfe9df4a713c5c1d9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo van Kemenade Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2023 18:04:11 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] What's New in 3.12: List 'Improved Modules' alphabetically (#105315) --- Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst | 214 +++++++++++++++++++++--------------------- 1 file changed, 107 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst index daae9495005277..2a90f8111cad29 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst @@ -74,10 +74,10 @@ New typing features: * :pep:`688`: Making the buffer protocol accessible in Python -* :ref:`whatsnew312-pep695` - * :ref:`whatsnew312-pep692` +* :ref:`whatsnew312-pep695` + * :pep:`698`: Override Decorator for Static Typing Important deprecations, removals or restrictions: @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ same quote as the containing f-string. Let's cover these in detail: must be defined in a single line even if outside f-strings expressions could span multiple lines (like literal lists being defined over multiple lines), making them harder to read. In Python 3.12 you can now define expressions - spaning multiple lines and include comments on them: + spanning multiple lines and include comments on them: >>> f"This is the playlist: {", ".join([ ... 'Take me back to Eden', # My, my, those eyes like fire @@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ f-string raises a :exc:`SyntaxError`: ^^^ SyntaxError: f-string: invalid syntax. Perhaps you forgot a comma? -but the error message doesn't include the exact location of the error withing the line and +but the error message doesn't include the exact location of the error within the line and also has the expression artificially surrounded by parentheses. In Python 3.12, as f-strings are parsed with the PEG parser, error messages can be more precise and show the entire line: @@ -553,46 +553,6 @@ csv provide finer grained control of ``None`` and empty strings by :class:`~csv.writer` objects. -inspect -------- - -* Add :func:`inspect.markcoroutinefunction` to mark sync functions that return - a :term:`coroutine` for use with :func:`inspect.iscoroutinefunction`. - (Contributed Carlton Gibson in :gh:`99247`.) - -* Add :func:`inspect.getasyncgenstate` and :func:`inspect.getasyncgenlocals` - for determining the current state of asynchronous generators. - (Contributed by Thomas Krennwallner in :issue:`35759`.) - -* The performance of :func:`inspect.getattr_static` has been considerably - improved. Most calls to the function should be at least 2x faster than they - were in Python 3.11, and some may be 6x faster or more. (Contributed by Alex - Waygood in :gh:`103193`.) - -pathlib -------- - -* Add support for subclassing :class:`pathlib.PurePath` and - :class:`~pathlib.Path`, plus their Posix- and Windows-specific variants. - Subclasses may override the :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.with_segments` method - to pass information between path instances. - -* Add :meth:`~pathlib.Path.walk` for walking the directory trees and generating - all file or directory names within them, similar to :func:`os.walk`. - (Contributed by Stanislav Zmiev in :gh:`90385`.) - -* Add *walk_up* optional parameter to :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.relative_to` - to allow the insertion of ``..`` entries in the result; this behavior is - more consistent with :func:`os.path.relpath`. - (Contributed by Domenico Ragusa in :issue:`40358`.) - -* Add :meth:`pathlib.Path.is_junction` as a proxy to :func:`os.path.isjunction`. - (Contributed by Charles Machalow in :gh:`99547`.) - -* Add *case_sensitive* optional parameter to :meth:`pathlib.Path.glob`, - :meth:`pathlib.Path.rglob` and :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.match` for matching - the path's case sensitivity, allowing for more precise control over the matching process. - dis --- @@ -610,6 +570,22 @@ fractions * Objects of type :class:`fractions.Fraction` now support float-style formatting. (Contributed by Mark Dickinson in :gh:`100161`.) +inspect +------- + +* Add :func:`inspect.markcoroutinefunction` to mark sync functions that return + a :term:`coroutine` for use with :func:`inspect.iscoroutinefunction`. + (Contributed Carlton Gibson in :gh:`99247`.) + +* Add :func:`inspect.getasyncgenstate` and :func:`inspect.getasyncgenlocals` + for determining the current state of asynchronous generators. + (Contributed by Thomas Krennwallner in :issue:`35759`.) + +* The performance of :func:`inspect.getattr_static` has been considerably + improved. Most calls to the function should be at least 2x faster than they + were in Python 3.11, and some may be 6x faster or more. (Contributed by Alex + Waygood in :gh:`103193`.) + itertools --------- @@ -669,6 +645,30 @@ os.path * Add :func:`os.path.splitroot` to split a path into a triad ``(drive, root, tail)``. (Contributed by Barney Gale in :gh:`101000`.) +pathlib +------- + +* Add support for subclassing :class:`pathlib.PurePath` and + :class:`~pathlib.Path`, plus their Posix- and Windows-specific variants. + Subclasses may override the :meth:`~pathlib.PurePath.with_segments` method + to pass information between path instances. + +* Add :meth:`~pathlib.Path.walk` for walking the directory trees and generating + all file or directory names within them, similar to :func:`os.walk`. + (Contributed by Stanislav Zmiev in :gh:`90385`.) + +* Add *walk_up* optional parameter to :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.relative_to` + to allow the insertion of ``..`` entries in the result; this behavior is + more consistent with :func:`os.path.relpath`. + (Contributed by Domenico Ragusa in :issue:`40358`.) + +* Add :meth:`pathlib.Path.is_junction` as a proxy to :func:`os.path.isjunction`. + (Contributed by Charles Machalow in :gh:`99547`.) + +* Add *case_sensitive* optional parameter to :meth:`pathlib.Path.glob`, + :meth:`pathlib.Path.rglob` and :meth:`pathlib.PurePath.match` for matching + the path's case sensitivity, allowing for more precise control over the matching process. + pdb --- @@ -746,6 +746,38 @@ statistics for computing the Spearman correlation of ranked data. (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`95861`.) +sys +--- + +* Add :func:`sys.activate_stack_trampoline` and + :func:`sys.deactivate_stack_trampoline` for activating and deactivating + stack profiler trampolines, + and :func:`sys.is_stack_trampoline_active` for querying if stack profiler + trampolines are active. + (Contributed by Pablo Galindo and Christian Heimes + with contributions from Gregory P. Smith [Google] and Mark Shannon + in :gh:`96123`.) + +* Add :data:`sys.last_exc` which holds the last unhandled exception that + was raised (for post-mortem debugging use cases). Deprecate the + three fields that have the same information in its legacy form: + :data:`sys.last_type`, :data:`sys.last_value` and :data:`sys.last_traceback`. + (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`102778`.) + +* :func:`sys._current_exceptions` now returns a mapping from thread-id to an + exception instance, rather than to a ``(typ, exc, tb)`` tuple. + (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`103176`.) + +tempfile +-------- + +* The :class:`tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile` function has a new optional parameter + *delete_on_close* (Contributed by Evgeny Zorin in :gh:`58451`.) +* :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` now always returns an absolute path, even if the + argument provided to the *dir* parameter is a relative path. + +.. _whatsnew-typing-py312: + threading --------- @@ -780,49 +812,6 @@ types :ref:`user-defined-generics` when subclassed. (Contributed by James Hilton-Balfe and Alex Waygood in :gh:`101827`.) -unicodedata ------------ - -* The Unicode database has been updated to version 15.0.0. (Contributed by - Benjamin Peterson in :gh:`96734`). - -unittest --------- - -Added ``--durations`` command line option, showing the N slowest test cases:: - - python3 -m unittest --durations=3 lib.tests.test_threading - ..... - Slowest test durations - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - 1.210s test_timeout (Lib.test.test_threading.BarrierTests) - 1.003s test_default_timeout (Lib.test.test_threading.BarrierTests) - 0.518s test_timeout (Lib.test.test_threading.EventTests) - - (0.000 durations hidden. Use -v to show these durations.) - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Ran 158 tests in 9.869s - - OK (skipped=3) - -(Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola in :issue:`4080`) - -uuid ----- - -* Add a :ref:`command-line interface `. - (Contributed by Adam Chhina in :gh:`88597`.) - -tempfile --------- - -* The :class:`tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile` function has a new optional parameter - *delete_on_close* (Contributed by Evgeny Zorin in :gh:`58451`.) -* :func:`tempfile.mkdtemp` now always returns an absolute path, even if the - argument provided to the *dir* parameter is a relative path. - -.. _whatsnew-typing-py312: - typing ------ @@ -877,27 +866,38 @@ typing * Add ``frozen_default`` parameter to :func:`typing.dataclass_transform`. (Contributed by Erik De Bonte in :gh:`99957`.) -sys ---- +unicodedata +----------- -* Add :func:`sys.activate_stack_trampoline` and - :func:`sys.deactivate_stack_trampoline` for activating and deactivating - stack profiler trampolines, - and :func:`sys.is_stack_trampoline_active` for querying if stack profiler - trampolines are active. - (Contributed by Pablo Galindo and Christian Heimes - with contributions from Gregory P. Smith [Google] and Mark Shannon - in :gh:`96123`.) +* The Unicode database has been updated to version 15.0.0. (Contributed by + Benjamin Peterson in :gh:`96734`). -* Add :data:`sys.last_exc` which holds the last unhandled exception that - was raised (for post-mortem debugging use cases). Deprecate the - three fields that have the same information in its legacy form: - :data:`sys.last_type`, :data:`sys.last_value` and :data:`sys.last_traceback`. - (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`102778`.) +unittest +-------- -* :func:`sys._current_exceptions` now returns a mapping from thread-id to an - exception instance, rather than to a ``(typ, exc, tb)`` tuple. - (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`103176`.) +Added ``--durations`` command line option, showing the N slowest test cases:: + + python3 -m unittest --durations=3 lib.tests.test_threading + ..... + Slowest test durations + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + 1.210s test_timeout (Lib.test.test_threading.BarrierTests) + 1.003s test_default_timeout (Lib.test.test_threading.BarrierTests) + 0.518s test_timeout (Lib.test.test_threading.EventTests) + + (0.000 durations hidden. Use -v to show these durations.) + ---------------------------------------------------------------------- + Ran 158 tests in 9.869s + + OK (skipped=3) + +(Contributed by Giampaolo Rodola in :issue:`4080`) + +uuid +---- + +* Add a :ref:`command-line interface `. + (Contributed by Adam Chhina in :gh:`88597`.) Optimizations @@ -1486,7 +1486,7 @@ Changes in the Python API 1,13-1,17: FSTRING_MIDDLE ' end' 1,17-1,18: FSTRING_END '"' - Aditionally, there may be some minor behavioral changes as a consecuence of the + Additionally, there may be some minor behavioral changes as a consecuence of the changes required to support :pep:`701`. Some of these changes include: * Some final ``DEDENT`` tokens are now emitted within the bounds of the @@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ Porting to Python 3.12 before storing it. (Contributed by Mark Shannon in :gh:`101578`.) * ``_Py_RefTotal`` is no longer authoritative and only kept around - for ABI compabitility. Note that it is an internal global and only + for ABI compatibility. Note that it is an internal global and only available on debug builds. If you happen to be using it then you'll need to start using ``_Py_GetGlobalRefTotal()``.