diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index 1af225ca0936b5c129c9baedee8285925a2623c6..691362a532c6095c0414fe9f4be4c453a453a348 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 10
#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 0
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_ALPHA
-#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 3
+#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 4
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.10.0a3+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.10.0a4"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 49630bb4b81d7d349e6df533eabf7b7988213988..93d2ddfba5d048f826f7b200f6dd53df31184afc 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Dec 7 19:34:00 2020
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Jan 4 17:25:50 2021
topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'**********************\n'
'\n'
@@ -461,13 +461,12 @@
'\n'
' async_for_stmt ::= "async" for_stmt\n'
'\n'
- 'An *asynchronous iterable* is able to call asynchronous code in '
- 'its\n'
- '*iter* implementation, and *asynchronous iterator* can call\n'
- 'asynchronous code in its *next* method.\n'
+ 'An *asynchronous iterable* provides an "__aiter__" method that\n'
+ 'directly returns an *asynchronous iterator*, which can call\n'
+ 'asynchronous code in its "__anext__" method.\n'
'\n'
'The "async for" statement allows convenient iteration over\n'
- 'asynchronous iterators.\n'
+ 'asynchronous iterables.\n'
'\n'
'The following code:\n'
'\n'
@@ -2383,8 +2382,9 @@
'compatible\n'
'with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the '
'exception\n'
- 'object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the '
- 'exception.\n'
+ 'object, or a tuple containing an item that is the class or a '
+ 'base\n'
+ 'class of the exception object.\n'
'\n'
'If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an '
'exception\n'
@@ -2451,11 +2451,32 @@
'(see\n'
'section The standard type hierarchy) identifying the point in '
'the\n'
- 'program where the exception occurred. "sys.exc_info()" values '
- 'are\n'
- 'restored to their previous values (before the call) when '
- 'returning\n'
- 'from a function that handled an exception.\n'
+ 'program where the exception occurred. The details about the '
+ 'exception\n'
+ 'accessed via "sys.exc_info()" are restored to their previous '
+ 'values\n'
+ 'when leaving an exception handler:\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' >>> print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' (None, None, None)\n'
+ ' >>> try:\n'
+ ' ... raise TypeError\n'
+ ' ... except:\n'
+ ' ... print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' ... try:\n'
+ ' ... raise ValueError\n'
+ ' ... except:\n'
+ ' ... print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' ... print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' ...\n'
+ " (<class 'TypeError'>, TypeError(), <traceback object at "
+ '0x10efad080>)\n'
+ " (<class 'ValueError'>, ValueError(), <traceback object at "
+ '0x10efad040>)\n'
+ " (<class 'TypeError'>, TypeError(), <traceback object at "
+ '0x10efad080>)\n'
+ ' >>> print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' (None, None, None)\n'
'\n'
'The optional "else" clause is executed if the control flow '
'leaves the\n'
@@ -2985,13 +3006,12 @@
'\n'
' async_for_stmt ::= "async" for_stmt\n'
'\n'
- 'An *asynchronous iterable* is able to call asynchronous code in '
- 'its\n'
- '*iter* implementation, and *asynchronous iterator* can call\n'
- 'asynchronous code in its *next* method.\n'
+ 'An *asynchronous iterable* provides an "__aiter__" method that\n'
+ 'directly returns an *asynchronous iterator*, which can call\n'
+ 'asynchronous code in its "__anext__" method.\n'
'\n'
'The "async for" statement allows convenient iteration over\n'
- 'asynchronous iterators.\n'
+ 'asynchronous iterables.\n'
'\n'
'The following code:\n'
'\n'
@@ -5524,44 +5544,51 @@
' | | formats the result in either fixed-point '
'format or in |\n'
' | | scientific notation, depending on its '
- 'magnitude. The |\n'
- ' | | precise rules are as follows: suppose that '
- 'the result |\n'
+ 'magnitude. A |\n'
+ ' | | precision of "0" is treated as equivalent '
+ 'to a precision |\n'
+ ' | | of "1". The precise rules are as follows: '
+ 'suppose that |\n'
+ ' | | the result formatted with presentation '
+ 'type "\'e\'" and |\n'
+ ' | | precision "p-1" would have exponent '
+ '"exp". Then, if "m <= |\n'
+ ' | | exp < p", where "m" is -4 for floats and '
+ '-6 for |\n'
+ ' | | "Decimals", the number is formatted with '
+ 'presentation type |\n'
+ ' | | "\'f\'" and precision "p-1-exp". '
+ 'Otherwise, the number is |\n'
' | | formatted with presentation type "\'e\'" '
- 'and precision "p-1" |\n'
- ' | | would have exponent "exp". Then, if "m <= '
- 'exp < p", where |\n'
- ' | | "m" is -4 for floats and -6 for '
- '"Decimals", the number is |\n'
- ' | | formatted with presentation type "\'f\'" '
'and precision |\n'
- ' | | "p-1-exp". Otherwise, the number is '
- 'formatted with |\n'
- ' | | presentation type "\'e\'" and precision '
- '"p-1". In both cases |\n'
- ' | | insignificant trailing zeros are removed '
- 'from the |\n'
- ' | | significand, and the decimal point is also '
- 'removed if |\n'
- ' | | there are no remaining digits following '
- 'it, unless the |\n'
- ' | | "\'#\'" option is used. Positive and '
- 'negative infinity, |\n'
- ' | | positive and negative zero, and nans, are '
- 'formatted as |\n'
- ' | | "inf", "-inf", "0", "-0" and "nan" '
- 'respectively, |\n'
- ' | | regardless of the precision. A precision '
- 'of "0" is |\n'
- ' | | treated as equivalent to a precision of '
- '"1". With no |\n'
- ' | | precision given, uses a precision of "6" '
- 'significant |\n'
- ' | | digits for "float", and shows all '
- 'coefficient digits for |\n'
- ' | | '
- '"Decimal". '
- '|\n'
+ ' | | "p-1". In both cases insignificant '
+ 'trailing zeros are |\n'
+ ' | | removed from the significand, and the '
+ 'decimal point is |\n'
+ ' | | also removed if there are no remaining '
+ 'digits following |\n'
+ ' | | it, unless the "\'#\'" option is used. '
+ 'With no precision |\n'
+ ' | | given, uses a precision of "6" significant '
+ 'digits for |\n'
+ ' | | "float". For "Decimal", the coefficient of '
+ 'the result is |\n'
+ ' | | formed from the coefficient digits of the '
+ 'value; |\n'
+ ' | | scientific notation is used for values '
+ 'smaller than "1e-6" |\n'
+ ' | | in absolute value and values where the '
+ 'place value of the |\n'
+ ' | | least significant digit is larger than 1, '
+ 'and fixed-point |\n'
+ ' | | notation is used otherwise. Positive and '
+ 'negative |\n'
+ ' | | infinity, positive and negative zero, and '
+ 'nans, are |\n'
+ ' | | formatted as "inf", "-inf", "0", "-0" and '
+ '"nan" |\n'
+ ' | | respectively, regardless of the '
+ 'precision. |\n'
' '
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
' | "\'G\'" | General format. Same as "\'g\'" except '
@@ -5586,19 +5613,24 @@
'percent sign. |\n'
' '
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
- ' | None | Similar to "\'g\'", except that '
- 'fixed-point notation, when |\n'
- ' | | used, has at least one digit past the '
- 'decimal point. The |\n'
- ' | | default precision is as high as needed to '
- 'represent the |\n'
- ' | | particular value. The overall effect is to '
- 'match the |\n'
- ' | | output of "str()" as altered by the other '
- 'format |\n'
- ' | | '
- 'modifiers. '
- '|\n'
+ ' | None | For "float" this is the same as "\'g\'", '
+ 'except that when |\n'
+ ' | | fixed-point notation is used to format the '
+ 'result, it |\n'
+ ' | | always includes at least one digit past '
+ 'the decimal point. |\n'
+ ' | | The precision used is as large as needed '
+ 'to represent the |\n'
+ ' | | given value faithfully. For "Decimal", '
+ 'this is the same |\n'
+ ' | | as either "\'g\'" or "\'G\'" depending on '
+ 'the value of |\n'
+ ' | | "context.capitals" for the current decimal '
+ 'context. The |\n'
+ ' | | overall effect is to match the output of '
+ '"str()" as |\n'
+ ' | | altered by the other format '
+ 'modifiers. |\n'
' '
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
'\n'
@@ -5972,8 +6004,10 @@
'\n'
'Names listed in a "global" statement must not be defined as '
'formal\n'
- 'parameters or in a "for" loop control target, "class" definition,\n'
- 'function definition, "import" statement, or variable annotation.\n'
+ 'parameters, or as targets in "with" statements or "except" '
+ 'clauses, or\n'
+ 'in a "for" target list, "class" definition, function definition,\n'
+ '"import" statement, or variable annotation.\n'
'\n'
'**CPython implementation detail:** The current implementation does '
'not\n'
@@ -7925,7 +7959,7 @@
'immediate\n'
' subclasses. This method returns a list of all those '
'references\n'
- ' still alive. Example:\n'
+ ' still alive. The list is in definition order. Example:\n'
'\n'
' >>> int.__subclasses__()\n'
" [<class 'bool'>]\n"
@@ -11224,7 +11258,8 @@
'object is “compatible” with the exception. An object is compatible\n'
'with an exception if it is the class or a base class of the '
'exception\n'
- 'object or a tuple containing an item compatible with the exception.\n'
+ 'object, or a tuple containing an item that is the class or a base\n'
+ 'class of the exception object.\n'
'\n'
'If no except clause matches the exception, the search for an '
'exception\n'
@@ -11279,9 +11314,31 @@
'the\n'
'exception class, the exception instance and a traceback object (see\n'
'section The standard type hierarchy) identifying the point in the\n'
- 'program where the exception occurred. "sys.exc_info()" values are\n'
- 'restored to their previous values (before the call) when returning\n'
- 'from a function that handled an exception.\n'
+ 'program where the exception occurred. The details about the '
+ 'exception\n'
+ 'accessed via "sys.exc_info()" are restored to their previous values\n'
+ 'when leaving an exception handler:\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' >>> print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' (None, None, None)\n'
+ ' >>> try:\n'
+ ' ... raise TypeError\n'
+ ' ... except:\n'
+ ' ... print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' ... try:\n'
+ ' ... raise ValueError\n'
+ ' ... except:\n'
+ ' ... print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' ... print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' ...\n'
+ " (<class 'TypeError'>, TypeError(), <traceback object at "
+ '0x10efad080>)\n'
+ " (<class 'ValueError'>, ValueError(), <traceback object at "
+ '0x10efad040>)\n'
+ " (<class 'TypeError'>, TypeError(), <traceback object at "
+ '0x10efad080>)\n'
+ ' >>> print(sys.exc_info())\n'
+ ' (None, None, None)\n'
'\n'
'The optional "else" clause is executed if the control flow leaves '
'the\n'
@@ -11445,7 +11502,6 @@
' There are two types of integers:\n'
'\n'
' Integers ("int")\n'
- '\n'
' These represent numbers in an unlimited range, subject to\n'
' available (virtual) memory only. For the purpose of '
'shift\n'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..882e03d82169a96eea3806dbb74fa7701afc7641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.10.0a4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,995 @@
+.. bpo: 42814
+.. date: 2021-01-03-04-41-25
+.. nonce: sDvVbb
+.. release date: 2021-01-04
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix undefined behavior in ``Objects/genericaliasobject.c``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42806
+.. date: 2021-01-03-00-20-38
+.. nonce: mLAobJ
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix the column offsets for f-strings :mod:`ast` nodes surrounded by
+parentheses and for nodes that spawn multiple lines. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40631
+.. date: 2020-12-31-20-58-22
+.. nonce: deRMCx
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix regression where a single parenthesized starred expression was a valid
+assignment target.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27794
+.. date: 2020-12-27-18-07-43
+.. nonce: sxgfGi
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Improve the error message for failed writes/deletes to property objects.
+When possible, the attribute name is now shown. Patch provided by Yurii
+Karabas.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42745
+.. date: 2020-12-25-23-30-58
+.. nonce: XsFoHS
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Make the type attribute lookup cache per-interpreter. Patch by Victor
+Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42246
+.. date: 2020-12-22-20-30-11
+.. nonce: 7BrPLg
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Jumps to jumps are not eliminated when it would break PEP 626.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42246
+.. date: 2020-12-16-14-44-21
+.. nonce: RtIEY7
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Make sure that the ``f_lasti`` and ``f_lineno`` attributes of a frame are
+set correctly when an exception is raised or re-raised. Required for PEP
+626.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 32381
+.. date: 2020-12-15-18-43-43
+.. nonce: 3tIofL
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+The coding cookie (ex: ``# coding: latin1``) is now ignored in the command
+passed to the :option:`-c` command line option. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 30858
+.. date: 2020-12-13-15-23-09
+.. nonce: -f9G4z
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Improve error location in expressions that contain assignments. Patch by
+Pablo Galindo and Lysandros Nikolaou.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42615
+.. date: 2020-12-10-17-06-52
+.. nonce: Je6Q-r
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Remove jump commands made redundant by the deletion of unreachable bytecode
+blocks
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42639
+.. date: 2020-12-09-01-55-10
+.. nonce: 5pI5HG
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Make the :mod:`atexit` module state per-interpreter. It is now safe have
+more than one :mod:`atexit` module instance. Patch by Dong-hee Na and Victor
+Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 32381
+.. date: 2020-12-04-17-17-44
+.. nonce: NY5t2S
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix encoding name when running a ``.pyc`` file on Windows:
+:c:func:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags()` now uses the correct encoding to decode
+the filename.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42195
+.. date: 2020-11-20-00-57-47
+.. nonce: HeqcpS
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+The ``__args__`` of the parameterized generics for :data:`typing.Callable`
+and :class:`collections.abc.Callable` are now consistent. The ``__args__``
+for :class:`collections.abc.Callable` are now flattened while
+:data:`typing.Callable`'s have not changed. To allow this change,
+:class:`types.GenericAlias` can now be subclassed and
+``collections.abc.Callable``'s ``__class_getitem__`` will now return a
+subclass of ``types.GenericAlias``. Tests for typing were also updated to
+not subclass things like ``Callable[..., T]`` as that is not a valid base
+class. Finally, both ``Callable``\ s no longer validate their ``argtypes``,
+in ``Callable[[argtypes], resulttype]`` to prepare for :pep:`612`. Patch by
+Ken Jin.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40137
+.. date: 2020-11-19-23-12-57
+.. nonce: bihl9O
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Convert functools module to use :c:func:`PyType_FromModuleAndSpec`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40077
+.. date: 2020-11-03-13-46-10
+.. nonce: NfAIdj
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Convert :mod:`array` to use heap types, and establish module state for
+these.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42008
+.. date: 2020-10-12-14-51-59
+.. nonce: ijWw2I
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix _random.Random() seeding.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-09-12-19-21-52
+.. nonce: F2kDrU
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Port the :mod:`pyexpat` extension module to multi-phase initialization
+(:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40521
+.. date: 2020-05-14-02-55-39
+.. nonce: dIlXsZ
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Make the Unicode dictionary of interned strings compatible with
+subinterpreters. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39465
+.. date: 2020-05-13-18-50-27
+.. nonce: j7nl6A
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Make :c:func:`_PyUnicode_FromId` function compatible with subinterpreters.
+Each interpreter now has an array of identifier objects (interned strings
+decoded from UTF-8). Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42257
+.. date: 2020-12-31-23-05-53
+.. nonce: ALQy7B
+.. section: Library
+
+Handle empty string in variable executable in platform.libc_ver()
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42772
+.. date: 2020-12-30-17-16-43
+.. nonce: Xe7WFV
+.. section: Library
+
+randrange() now raises a TypeError when step is specified without a stop
+argument. Formerly, it silently ignored the step argument.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42759
+.. date: 2020-12-27-22-19-26
+.. nonce: lGi_03
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed equality comparison of :class:`tkinter.Variable` and
+:class:`tkinter.font.Font`. Objects which belong to different Tcl
+interpreters are now always different, even if they have the same name.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42756
+.. date: 2020-12-27-21-22-01
+.. nonce: dHMPJ9
+.. section: Library
+
+Configure LMTP Unix-domain socket to use socket global default timeout when
+a timeout is not explicitly provided.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 23328
+.. date: 2020-12-27-18-47-01
+.. nonce: _xqepZ
+.. section: Library
+
+Allow / character in username, password fields on _PROXY envars.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42740
+.. date: 2020-12-25-23-23-11
+.. nonce: F0rQ_E
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`typing.get_args` and :func:`typing.get_origin` now support :pep:`604`
+union types and :pep:`612` additions to ``Callable``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42655
+.. date: 2020-12-25-12-32-47
+.. nonce: W5ytpV
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`subprocess` *extra_groups* is now correctly passed into setgroups()
+system call.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42727
+.. date: 2020-12-23-19-43-06
+.. nonce: WH3ODh
+.. section: Library
+
+``EnumMeta.__prepare__`` now accepts ``**kwds`` to properly support
+``__init_subclass__``
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38308
+.. date: 2020-12-23-15-16-12
+.. nonce: lB4Sv0
+.. section: Library
+
+Add optional *weights* to *statistics.harmonic_mean()*.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42721
+.. date: 2020-12-22-22-47-22
+.. nonce: I5Ai5L
+.. section: Library
+
+When simple query dialogs (:mod:`tkinter.simpledialog`), message boxes
+(:mod:`tkinter.messagebox`) or color choose dialog
+(:mod:`tkinter.colorchooser`) are created without arguments *master* and
+*parent*, and the default root window is not yet created, and
+:func:`~tkinter.NoDefaultRoot` was not called, a new temporal hidden root
+window will be created automatically. It will not be set as the default root
+window and will be destroyed right after closing the dialog window. It will
+help to use these simple dialog windows in programs which do not need other
+GUI.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 25246
+.. date: 2020-12-22-13-16-43
+.. nonce: GhhCTl
+.. section: Library
+
+Optimized :meth:`collections.deque.remove`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 35728
+.. date: 2020-12-21-23-34-57
+.. nonce: 9m-azF
+.. section: Library
+
+Added a root parameter to :func:`tkinter.font.nametofont`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 15303
+.. date: 2020-12-21-22-59-26
+.. nonce: zozVrq
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`tkinter` supports now widgets with boolean value False.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42681
+.. date: 2020-12-20-22-50-15
+.. nonce: lDO6jb
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed range checks for color and pair numbers in :mod:`curses`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42685
+.. date: 2020-12-19-17-32-43
+.. nonce: kwZlwp
+.. section: Library
+
+Improved placing of simple query windows in Tkinter (such as
+:func:`tkinter.simpledialog.askinteger`). They are now centered at the
+center of the parent window if it is specified and shown, otherwise at the
+center of the screen.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 9694
+.. date: 2020-12-19-12-33-38
+.. nonce: CkKK9V
+.. section: Library
+
+Argparse help no longer uses the confusing phrase, "optional arguments". It
+uses "options" instead.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-12-16-23-28-52
+.. nonce: Quy3zn
+.. section: Library
+
+Port the :mod:`_thread` extension module to the multiphase initialization
+API (:pep:`489`) and convert its static types to heap types.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37961
+.. date: 2020-12-16-16-16-33
+.. nonce: jrESEq
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix crash in :func:`tracemalloc.Traceback.__repr__` (regressed in Python
+3.9).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42630
+.. date: 2020-12-15-17-51-27
+.. nonce: jf4jBl
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`tkinter` functions and constructors which need a default root window
+raise now :exc:`RuntimeError` with descriptive message instead of obscure
+:exc:`AttributeError` or :exc:`NameError` if it is not created yet or cannot
+be created automatically.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42639
+.. date: 2020-12-15-15-14-29
+.. nonce: uJ3h8I
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`atexit._run_exitfuncs` now logs callback exceptions using
+:data:`sys.unraisablehook`, rather than logging them directly into
+:data:`sys.stderr` and raise the last exception.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42644
+.. date: 2020-12-15-10-00-04
+.. nonce: XgLCNx
+.. section: Library
+
+``logging.disable`` will now validate the types and value of its parameter.
+It also now accepts strings representing the levels (as does
+``loging.setLevel``) instead of only the numerical values.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42639
+.. date: 2020-12-14-22-31-22
+.. nonce: 5Z3iWX
+.. section: Library
+
+At Python exit, if a callback registered with :func:`atexit.register` fails,
+its exception is now logged. Previously, only some exceptions were logged,
+and the last exception was always silently ignored.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36541
+.. date: 2020-12-14-08-23-57
+.. nonce: qdEtZv
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed lib2to3.pgen2 to be able to parse PEP-570 positional only argument
+syntax.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42382
+.. date: 2020-12-13-22-05-35
+.. nonce: 2YtKo5
+.. section: Library
+
+In ``importlib.metadata``: - ``EntryPoint`` objects now expose a ``.dist``
+object referencing the ``Distribution`` when constructed from a
+``Distribution``. - Add support for package discovery under package
+normalization rules. - The object returned by ``metadata()`` now has a
+formally-defined protocol called ``PackageMetadata`` with declared support
+for the ``.get_all()`` method. - Synced with importlib_metadata 3.3.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41877
+.. date: 2020-12-10-19-49-52
+.. nonce: wiVlPc
+.. section: Library
+
+A check is added against misspellings of autospect, auto_spec and set_spec
+being passed as arguments to patch, patch.object and create_autospec.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39717
+.. date: 2020-12-10-18-36-52
+.. nonce: sK2u0w
+.. section: Library
+
+[tarfile] update nested exception raising to use ``from None`` or ``from e``
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41877
+.. date: 2020-12-10-09-24-44
+.. nonce: iJSCvM
+.. section: Library
+
+AttributeError for suspected misspellings of assertions on mocks are now
+pointing out that the cause are misspelled assertions and also what to do if
+the misspelling is actually an intended attribute name. The unittest.mock
+document is also updated to reflect the current set of recognised
+misspellings.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41559
+.. date: 2020-12-10-00-09-40
+.. nonce: 1l4yjP
+.. section: Library
+
+Implemented :pep:`612`: added ``ParamSpec`` and ``Concatenate`` to
+:mod:`typing`. Patch by Ken Jin.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42385
+.. date: 2020-12-09-19-45-32
+.. nonce: boGbjo
+.. section: Library
+
+StrEnum: fix _generate_next_value_ to return a str
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-12-09-15-23-28
+.. nonce: g3k5k3
+.. section: Library
+
+Define THREAD_STACK_SIZE for VxWorks.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34750
+.. date: 2020-12-09-14-15-48
+.. nonce: x8TASR
+.. section: Library
+
+[Enum] `_EnumDict.update()` is now supported
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42517
+.. date: 2020-12-09-10-59-16
+.. nonce: FKEVcZ
+.. section: Library
+
+Enum: private names do not become members / do not generate errors -- they
+remain normal attributes
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42678
+.. date: 2020-12-08-22-43-35
+.. nonce: ba9ktU
+.. section: Library
+
+``Enum``: call ``__init_subclass__`` after members have been added
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 28964
+.. date: 2020-12-07-13-21-00
+.. nonce: UTQikc
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`ast.literal_eval` adds line number information (if available) in
+error message for malformed nodes.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42470
+.. date: 2020-12-06-12-00-00
+.. nonce: iqtC4L
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`random.sample` no longer warns on a sequence which is also a set.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-11-27-18-09-59
+.. nonce: g8k43d
+.. section: Library
+
+:func:`posixpath.expanduser` returns the input *path* unchanged if user home
+directory is None on VxWorks.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42388
+.. date: 2020-11-22-11-22-28
+.. nonce: LMgM6B
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix subprocess.check_output(..., input=None) behavior when text=True to be
+consistent with that of the documentation and universal_newlines=True.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34463
+.. date: 2020-11-20-19-00-27
+.. nonce: aJcm56
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed discrepancy between :mod:`traceback` and the interpreter in formatting
+of SyntaxError with lineno not set (:mod:`traceback` was changed to match
+interpreter).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42393
+.. date: 2020-11-17-22-06-15
+.. nonce: BB0oXc
+.. section: Library
+
+Raise :exc:`OverflowError` instead of silent truncation in
+:meth:`socket.ntohs` and :meth:`socket.htons`. Silent truncation was
+deprecated in Python 3.7. Patch by Erlend E. Aasland
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42222
+.. date: 2020-10-31-10-28-32
+.. nonce: Cfl1eR
+.. section: Library
+
+Harmonized random.randrange() argument handling to match range().
+
+* The integer test and conversion in randrange() now uses
+ operator.index().
+* Non-integer arguments to randrange() are deprecated.
+* The *ValueError* is deprecated in favor of a *TypeError*.
+* It now runs a little faster than before.
+
+(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger and Serhiy Storchaka.)
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42163
+.. date: 2020-10-29-09-22-56
+.. nonce: O4VcCY
+.. section: Library
+
+Restore compatibility for ``uname_result`` around deepcopy and _replace.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42090
+.. date: 2020-10-25-14-48-57
+.. nonce: Ubuc0j
+.. section: Library
+
+``zipfile.Path.joinpath`` now accepts arbitrary arguments, same as
+``pathlib.Path.joinpath``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-10-20-23-28-55
+.. nonce: Iyka3r
+.. section: Library
+
+Port the _csv module to the multi-phase initialization API (:pep:`489`).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42059
+.. date: 2020-10-17-12-42-08
+.. nonce: ZGMZ3D
+.. section: Library
+
+:class:`typing.TypedDict` types created using the alternative call-style
+syntax now correctly respect the ``total`` keyword argument when setting
+their ``__required_keys__`` and ``__optional_keys__`` class attributes.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41960
+.. date: 2020-10-06-23-59-20
+.. nonce: icQ7Xd
+.. section: Library
+
+Add ``globalns`` and ``localns`` parameters to the :func:`inspect.signature`
+and :meth:`inspect.Signature.from_callable`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41907
+.. date: 2020-10-02-10-19-49
+.. nonce: wiIEsz
+.. section: Library
+
+fix ``format()`` behavior for ``IntFlag``
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41891
+.. date: 2020-09-30-13-35-29
+.. nonce: pNAeYI
+.. section: Library
+
+Ensure asyncio.wait_for waits for task completion
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 24792
+.. date: 2020-09-11-16-07-00
+.. nonce: Z-ARra
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed bug where :mod:`zipimporter` sometimes reports an incorrect cause of
+import errors.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-08-11-17-44-07
+.. nonce: cb13ea
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix site and sysconfig modules for VxWorks RTOS which has no home
+directories.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41462
+.. date: 2020-08-03-17-54-32
+.. nonce: ek38d_
+.. section: Library
+
+Add :func:`os.set_blocking()` support for VxWorks RTOS.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40219
+.. date: 2020-07-13-19-43-11
+.. nonce: MUoJEP
+.. section: Library
+
+Lowered :class:`tkinter.ttk.LabeledScale` dummy widget to prevent hiding
+part of the content label.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37193
+.. date: 2020-06-12-21-23-20
+.. nonce: wJximU
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed memory leak in ``socketserver.ThreadingMixIn`` introduced in Python
+3.7.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39068
+.. date: 2019-12-16-17-55-31
+.. nonce: Ti3f9P
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix initialization race condition in :func:`a85encode` and :func:`b85encode`
+in :mod:`base64`. Patch by Brandon Stansbury.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 17140
+.. date: 2020-12-16-21-06-16
+.. nonce: 1leSEg
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Add documentation for the :class:`multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool` class.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 34398
+.. date: 2019-03-04-18-51-21
+.. nonce: YedUqW
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Prominently feature listings from the glossary in documentation search
+results. Patch by Ammar Askar.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42794
+.. date: 2021-01-01-08-52-36
+.. nonce: -7-XGz
+.. section: Tests
+
+Update test_nntplib to use offical group name of news.aioe.org for testing.
+Patch by Dong-hee Na.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-12-17-15-42-44
+.. nonce: d8g3l0d5
+.. section: Tests
+
+Skip some asyncio tests on VxWorks.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42641
+.. date: 2020-12-15-17-38-04
+.. nonce: uzwlF_
+.. section: Tests
+
+Enhance ``test_select.test_select()``: it now takes 500 ms rather than 10
+seconds. Use Python rather than a shell to make the test more portable.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-12-09-15-23-28
+.. nonce: ghj38d
+.. section: Tests
+
+Skip some tests in _test_all_chown_common() on VxWorks.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42199
+.. date: 2020-10-29-21-26-46
+.. nonce: KksGCV
+.. section: Tests
+
+Fix bytecode helper assertNotInBytecode.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41443
+.. date: 2020-07-30-18-43-05
+.. nonce: 834gyg
+.. section: Tests
+
+Add more attribute checking in test_posix.py
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-07-30-18-06-15
+.. nonce: y3d8dk
+.. section: Tests
+
+Disable os.popen and impacted tests on VxWorks
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41439
+.. date: 2020-07-30-14-08-58
+.. nonce: yhteoi
+.. section: Tests
+
+Port test_ssl and test_uuid to VxWorks RTOS.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42692
+.. date: 2021-01-04-05-07-30
+.. nonce: OO11SN
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix __builtin_available check on older compilers. Patch by Joshua Root.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27640
+.. date: 2020-12-22-17-57-04
+.. nonce: j3a8r0
+.. section: Build
+
+Added ``--disable-test-modules`` option to the ``configure`` script: don't
+build nor install test modules. Patch by Xavier de Gaye, Thomas Petazzoni
+and Peixing Xin.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42604
+.. date: 2020-12-20-02-35-28
+.. nonce: gRd89w
+.. section: Build
+
+Now all platforms use a value for the "EXT_SUFFIX" build variable derived
+from SOABI (for instance in freeBSD, "EXT_SUFFIX" is now ".cpython-310d.so"
+instead of ".so"). Previosuly only Linux, Mac and VxWorks were using a value
+for "EXT_SUFFIX" that included "SOABI".
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42598
+.. date: 2020-12-13-14-43-10
+.. nonce: 7ipr5H
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix implicit function declarations in configure which could have resulted in
+incorrect configuration checks. Patch contributed by Joshua Root.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2020-12-11-18-04-38
+.. nonce: j3j6d8
+.. section: Build
+
+Enable libpython3.so for VxWorks.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 29076
+.. date: 2020-02-28-14-33-15
+.. nonce: Gtixi5
+.. section: Build
+
+Add fish shell support to macOS installer.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42361
+.. date: 2021-01-04-01-17-17
+.. nonce: eolZAi
+.. section: macOS
+
+Update macOS installer build to use Tcl/Tk 8.6.11 (rc2, expected to be final
+release).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41837
+.. date: 2021-01-04-00-48-08
+.. nonce: dX-unJ
+.. section: macOS
+
+Update macOS installer build to use OpenSSL 1.1.1i.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42584
+.. date: 2020-12-07-11-37-35
+.. nonce: LygmqQ
+.. section: macOS
+
+Update macOS installer to use SQLite 3.34.0.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42726
+.. date: 2020-12-23-19-42-11
+.. nonce: a5EkTv
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Fixed Python 3 compatibility issue with gdb/libpython.py handling of
+attribute dictionaries.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42613
+.. date: 2020-12-16-09-10-32
+.. nonce: J-jnm5
+.. section: Tools/Demos
+
+Fix ``freeze.py`` tool to use the prope config and library directories.
+Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42591
+.. date: 2020-12-10-10-43-03
+.. nonce: CXNY8G
+.. section: C API
+
+Export the :c:func:`Py_FrozenMain` function: fix a Python 3.9.0 regression.
+Python 3.9 uses ``-fvisibility=hidden`` and the function was not exported
+explicitly and so not exported.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 32381
+.. date: 2020-12-09-00-35-25
+.. nonce: Je08Ny
+.. section: C API
+
+Remove the private :c:func:`_Py_fopen` function which is no longer needed.
+Use :c:func:`_Py_wfopen` or :c:func:`_Py_fopen_obj` instead. Patch by Victor
+Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2020-11-22-13-46-06
+.. nonce: -fJLzA
+.. section: C API
+
+Port :mod:`resource` extension module to module state
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42111
+.. date: 2020-10-21-18-43-06
+.. nonce: 9pvtrc
+.. section: C API
+
+Update the ``xxlimited`` module to be a better example of how to use the
+limited C API.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40052
+.. date: 2020-03-24-09-27-10
+.. nonce: 27P2KG
+.. section: C API
+
+Fix an alignment build warning/error in function
+``PyVectorcall_Function()``. Patch by Andreas Schneider, Antoine Pitrou and
+Petr Viktorin.
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-Add fish shell support to macOS installer.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-11-18-04-38.bpo-31904.j3j6d8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-11-18-04-38.bpo-31904.j3j6d8.rst
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-Enable libpython3.so for VxWorks.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-13-14-43-10.bpo-42598.7ipr5H.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-13-14-43-10.bpo-42598.7ipr5H.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix implicit function declarations in configure which could have resulted in
-incorrect configuration checks. Patch contributed by Joshua Root.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-20-02-35-28.bpo-42604.gRd89w.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-20-02-35-28.bpo-42604.gRd89w.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Now all platforms use a value for the "EXT_SUFFIX" build variable derived
-from SOABI (for instance in freeBSD, "EXT_SUFFIX" is now ".cpython-310d.so"
-instead of ".so"). Previosuly only Linux, Mac and VxWorks were using a value
-for "EXT_SUFFIX" that included "SOABI".
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-22-17-57-04.bpo-27640.j3a8r0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2020-12-22-17-57-04.bpo-27640.j3a8r0.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Added ``--disable-test-modules`` option to the ``configure`` script:
-don't build nor install test modules.
-Patch by Xavier de Gaye, Thomas Petazzoni and Peixing Xin.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-04-05-07-30.bpo-42692.OO11SN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-04-05-07-30.bpo-42692.OO11SN.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix __builtin_available check on older compilers. Patch by Joshua Root.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-24-09-27-10.bpo-40052.27P2KG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-03-24-09-27-10.bpo-40052.27P2KG.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix an alignment build warning/error in function ``PyVectorcall_Function()``.
-Patch by Andreas Schneider, Antoine Pitrou and Petr Viktorin.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-10-21-18-43-06.bpo-42111.9pvtrc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-10-21-18-43-06.bpo-42111.9pvtrc.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Update the ``xxlimited`` module to be a better example of how to use the
-limited C API.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-11-22-13-46-06.bpo-1635741.-fJLzA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-11-22-13-46-06.bpo-1635741.-fJLzA.rst
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-Port :mod:`resource` extension module to module state
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-12-09-00-35-25.bpo-32381.Je08Ny.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-12-09-00-35-25.bpo-32381.Je08Ny.rst
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-Remove the private :c:func:`_Py_fopen` function which is no longer needed.
-Use :c:func:`_Py_wfopen` or :c:func:`_Py_fopen_obj` instead. Patch by Victor
-Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-12-10-10-43-03.bpo-42591.CXNY8G.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2020-12-10-10-43-03.bpo-42591.CXNY8G.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Export the :c:func:`Py_FrozenMain` function: fix a Python 3.9.0 regression.
-Python 3.9 uses ``-fvisibility=hidden`` and the function was not exported
-explicitly and so not exported.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-05-13-18-50-27.bpo-39465.j7nl6A.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-05-13-18-50-27.bpo-39465.j7nl6A.rst
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-Make :c:func:`_PyUnicode_FromId` function compatible with subinterpreters.
-Each interpreter now has an array of identifier objects (interned strings
-decoded from UTF-8). Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-05-14-02-55-39.bpo-40521.dIlXsZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-05-14-02-55-39.bpo-40521.dIlXsZ.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Make the Unicode dictionary of interned strings compatible with
-subinterpreters. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-09-12-19-21-52.bpo-1635741.F2kDrU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-09-12-19-21-52.bpo-1635741.F2kDrU.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Port the :mod:`pyexpat` extension module to multi-phase initialization
-(:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-10-12-14-51-59.bpo-42008.ijWw2I.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-10-12-14-51-59.bpo-42008.ijWw2I.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix _random.Random() seeding.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-03-13-46-10.bpo-40077.NfAIdj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-03-13-46-10.bpo-40077.NfAIdj.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-03-13-46-10.bpo-40077.NfAIdj.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert :mod:`array` to use heap types, and establish module state for these.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-19-23-12-57.bpo-40137.bihl9O.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-19-23-12-57.bpo-40137.bihl9O.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-19-23-12-57.bpo-40137.bihl9O.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Convert functools module to use :c:func:`PyType_FromModuleAndSpec`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-20-00-57-47.bpo-42195.HeqcpS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-20-00-57-47.bpo-42195.HeqcpS.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-11-20-00-57-47.bpo-42195.HeqcpS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-The ``__args__`` of the parameterized generics for :data:`typing.Callable`
-and :class:`collections.abc.Callable` are now consistent. The ``__args__``
-for :class:`collections.abc.Callable` are now flattened while
-:data:`typing.Callable`'s have not changed. To allow this change,
-:class:`types.GenericAlias` can now be subclassed and
-``collections.abc.Callable``'s ``__class_getitem__`` will now return a subclass
-of ``types.GenericAlias``. Tests for typing were also updated to not subclass
-things like ``Callable[..., T]`` as that is not a valid base class. Finally,
-both ``Callable``\ s no longer validate their ``argtypes``, in
-``Callable[[argtypes], resulttype]`` to prepare for :pep:`612`. Patch by Ken Jin.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-04-17-17-44.bpo-32381.NY5t2S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-04-17-17-44.bpo-32381.NY5t2S.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix encoding name when running a ``.pyc`` file on Windows:
-:c:func:`PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags()` now uses the correct encoding to decode
-the filename.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-09-01-55-10.bpo-42639.5pI5HG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-09-01-55-10.bpo-42639.5pI5HG.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Make the :mod:`atexit` module state per-interpreter. It is now safe have more
-than one :mod:`atexit` module instance.
-Patch by Dong-hee Na and Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-10-17-06-52.bpo-42615.Je6Q-r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-10-17-06-52.bpo-42615.Je6Q-r.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Remove jump commands made redundant by the deletion of unreachable bytecode
-blocks
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-13-15-23-09.bpo-30858.-f9G4z.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-13-15-23-09.bpo-30858.-f9G4z.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Improve error location in expressions that contain assignments. Patch by
-Pablo Galindo and Lysandros Nikolaou.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-15-18-43-43.bpo-32381.3tIofL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-15-18-43-43.bpo-32381.3tIofL.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The coding cookie (ex: ``# coding: latin1``) is now ignored in the command
-passed to the :option:`-c` command line option. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-16-14-44-21.bpo-42246.RtIEY7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-16-14-44-21.bpo-42246.RtIEY7.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-16-14-44-21.bpo-42246.RtIEY7.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Make sure that the ``f_lasti`` and ``f_lineno`` attributes of a frame are
-set correctly when an exception is raised or re-raised. Required for PEP
-626.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-22-20-30-11.bpo-42246.7BrPLg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-22-20-30-11.bpo-42246.7BrPLg.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-22-20-30-11.bpo-42246.7BrPLg.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Jumps to jumps are not eliminated when it would break PEP 626.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-25-23-30-58.bpo-42745.XsFoHS.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-25-23-30-58.bpo-42745.XsFoHS.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-25-23-30-58.bpo-42745.XsFoHS.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make the type attribute lookup cache per-interpreter. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-27-18-07-43.bpo-27794.sxgfGi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-27-18-07-43.bpo-27794.sxgfGi.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-27-18-07-43.bpo-27794.sxgfGi.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Improve the error message for failed writes/deletes to property objects.
-When possible, the attribute name is now shown. Patch provided by
-Yurii Karabas.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-31-20-58-22.bpo-40631.deRMCx.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-31-20-58-22.bpo-40631.deRMCx.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix regression where a single parenthesized starred expression was a valid
-assignment target.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-03-00-20-38.bpo-42806.mLAobJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-03-00-20-38.bpo-42806.mLAobJ.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix the column offsets for f-strings :mod:`ast` nodes surrounded by
-parentheses and for nodes that spawn multiple lines. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-03-04-41-25.bpo-42814.sDvVbb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-03-04-41-25.bpo-42814.sDvVbb.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix undefined behavior in ``Objects/genericaliasobject.c``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-03-04-18-51-21.bpo-34398.YedUqW.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-03-04-18-51-21.bpo-34398.YedUqW.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-03-04-18-51-21.bpo-34398.YedUqW.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Prominently feature listings from the glossary in documentation search
-results. Patch by Ammar Askar.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-12-16-21-06-16.bpo-17140.1leSEg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-12-16-21-06-16.bpo-17140.1leSEg.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-12-16-21-06-16.bpo-17140.1leSEg.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add documentation for the :class:`multiprocessing.pool.ThreadPool` class.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-16-17-55-31.bpo-39068.Ti3f9P.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-16-17-55-31.bpo-39068.Ti3f9P.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2019-12-16-17-55-31.bpo-39068.Ti3f9P.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix initialization race condition in :func:`a85encode` and :func:`b85encode`
-in :mod:`base64`. Patch by Brandon Stansbury.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-12-21-23-20.bpo-37193.wJximU.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-12-21-23-20.bpo-37193.wJximU.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-12-21-23-20.bpo-37193.wJximU.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Fixed memory leak in ``socketserver.ThreadingMixIn`` introduced in Python
-3.7.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-19-43-11.bpo-40219.MUoJEP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-19-43-11.bpo-40219.MUoJEP.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-13-19-43-11.bpo-40219.MUoJEP.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Lowered :class:`tkinter.ttk.LabeledScale` dummy widget to prevent hiding part of the content label.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-03-17-54-32.bpo-41462.ek38d_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-03-17-54-32.bpo-41462.ek38d_.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-03-17-54-32.bpo-41462.ek38d_.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add :func:`os.set_blocking()` support for VxWorks RTOS.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-11-17-44-07.bpo-31904.cb13ea.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-11-17-44-07.bpo-31904.cb13ea.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-11-17-44-07.bpo-31904.cb13ea.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix site and sysconfig modules for VxWorks RTOS which has no home directories.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-11-16-07-00.bpo-24792.Z-ARra.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-11-16-07-00.bpo-24792.Z-ARra.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-11-16-07-00.bpo-24792.Z-ARra.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Fixed bug where :mod:`zipimporter` sometimes reports an incorrect cause of import errors.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-30-13-35-29.bpo-41891.pNAeYI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-30-13-35-29.bpo-41891.pNAeYI.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-09-30-13-35-29.bpo-41891.pNAeYI.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Ensure asyncio.wait_for waits for task completion
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-02-10-19-49.bpo-41907.wiIEsz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-02-10-19-49.bpo-41907.wiIEsz.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-02-10-19-49.bpo-41907.wiIEsz.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-fix ``format()`` behavior for ``IntFlag``
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-06-23-59-20.bpo-41960.icQ7Xd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-06-23-59-20.bpo-41960.icQ7Xd.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-06-23-59-20.bpo-41960.icQ7Xd.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Add ``globalns`` and ``localns`` parameters to the :func:`inspect.signature`
-and :meth:`inspect.Signature.from_callable`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-17-12-42-08.bpo-42059.ZGMZ3D.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-17-12-42-08.bpo-42059.ZGMZ3D.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-17-12-42-08.bpo-42059.ZGMZ3D.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-:class:`typing.TypedDict` types created using the alternative call-style syntax now correctly respect the ``total`` keyword argument when setting their ``__required_keys__`` and ``__optional_keys__`` class attributes.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-20-23-28-55.bpo-1635741.Iyka3r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-20-23-28-55.bpo-1635741.Iyka3r.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-20-23-28-55.bpo-1635741.Iyka3r.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Port the _csv module to the multi-phase initialization API (:pep:`489`).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-25-14-48-57.bpo-42090.Ubuc0j.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-25-14-48-57.bpo-42090.Ubuc0j.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-``zipfile.Path.joinpath`` now accepts arbitrary arguments, same as
-``pathlib.Path.joinpath``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-29-09-22-56.bpo-42163.O4VcCY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-29-09-22-56.bpo-42163.O4VcCY.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-29-09-22-56.bpo-42163.O4VcCY.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Restore compatibility for ``uname_result`` around deepcopy and _replace.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-31-10-28-32.bpo-42222.Cfl1eR.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-31-10-28-32.bpo-42222.Cfl1eR.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-31-10-28-32.bpo-42222.Cfl1eR.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Harmonized random.randrange() argument handling to match range().
-
-* The integer test and conversion in randrange() now uses
- operator.index().
-* Non-integer arguments to randrange() are deprecated.
-* The *ValueError* is deprecated in favor of a *TypeError*.
-* It now runs a little faster than before.
-
-(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger and Serhiy Storchaka.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-22-06-15.bpo-42393.BB0oXc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-22-06-15.bpo-42393.BB0oXc.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-22-06-15.bpo-42393.BB0oXc.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Raise :exc:`OverflowError` instead of silent truncation in :meth:`socket.ntohs`
-and :meth:`socket.htons`. Silent truncation was deprecated in Python 3.7.
-Patch by Erlend E. Aasland
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-20-19-00-27.bpo-34463.aJcm56.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-20-19-00-27.bpo-34463.aJcm56.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-20-19-00-27.bpo-34463.aJcm56.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Fixed discrepancy between :mod:`traceback` and the interpreter in formatting of SyntaxError with lineno not set (:mod:`traceback` was changed to match interpreter).
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-Fix subprocess.check_output(..., input=None) behavior when text=True to be
-consistent with that of the documentation and universal_newlines=True.
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-:func:`posixpath.expanduser` returns the input *path* unchanged if
-user home directory is None on VxWorks.
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-:func:`random.sample` no longer warns on a sequence which is also a set.
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-:func:`ast.literal_eval` adds line number information (if available) in error message for malformed nodes.
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-``Enum``: call ``__init_subclass__`` after members have been added
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-Enum: private names do not become members / do not generate errors -- they
-remain normal attributes
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-[Enum] `_EnumDict.update()` is now supported
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-09-15-23-28.bpo-31904.g3k5k3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-09-15-23-28.bpo-31904.g3k5k3.rst
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-Define THREAD_STACK_SIZE for VxWorks.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-09-19-45-32.bpo-42385.boGbjo.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-09-19-45-32.bpo-42385.boGbjo.rst
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-StrEnum: fix _generate_next_value_ to return a str
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-10-00-09-40.bpo-41559.1l4yjP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-10-00-09-40.bpo-41559.1l4yjP.rst
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-Implemented :pep:`612`: added ``ParamSpec`` and ``Concatenate`` to
-:mod:`typing`. Patch by Ken Jin.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-10-09-24-44.bpo-41877.iJSCvM.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-10-09-24-44.bpo-41877.iJSCvM.rst
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-AttributeError for suspected misspellings of assertions on mocks are now pointing out that the cause are misspelled assertions and also what to do if the misspelling is actually an intended attribute name. The unittest.mock document is also updated to reflect the current set of recognised misspellings.
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-[tarfile] update nested exception raising to use ``from None`` or ``from e``
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-10-19-49-52.bpo-41877.wiVlPc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-10-19-49-52.bpo-41877.wiVlPc.rst
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-A check is added against misspellings of autospect, auto_spec and set_spec being passed as arguments to patch, patch.object and create_autospec.
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-In ``importlib.metadata``: - ``EntryPoint`` objects now expose a ``.dist``
-object referencing the ``Distribution`` when constructed from a
-``Distribution``. - Add support for package discovery under package
-normalization rules. - The object returned by ``metadata()`` now has a
-formally-defined protocol called ``PackageMetadata`` with declared support
-for the ``.get_all()`` method. - Synced with importlib_metadata 3.3.
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-Fixed lib2to3.pgen2 to be able to parse PEP-570 positional only argument
-syntax.
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-At Python exit, if a callback registered with :func:`atexit.register` fails,
-its exception is now logged. Previously, only some exceptions were logged, and
-the last exception was always silently ignored.
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-``logging.disable`` will now validate the types and value of its parameter. It
-also now accepts strings representing the levels (as does ``loging.setLevel``)
-instead of only the numerical values.
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-:func:`atexit._run_exitfuncs` now logs callback exceptions using
-:data:`sys.unraisablehook`, rather than logging them directly into
-:data:`sys.stderr` and raise the last exception.
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-:mod:`tkinter` functions and constructors which need a default root window
-raise now :exc:`RuntimeError` with descriptive message instead of obscure
-:exc:`AttributeError` or :exc:`NameError` if it is not created yet or cannot
-be created automatically.
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-Fix crash in :func:`tracemalloc.Traceback.__repr__` (regressed in Python 3.9).
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-Port the :mod:`_thread` extension module to the multiphase initialization
-API (:pep:`489`) and convert its static types to heap types.
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-Argparse help no longer uses the confusing phrase, "optional arguments".
-It uses "options" instead.
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-Improved placing of simple query windows in Tkinter (such as
-:func:`tkinter.simpledialog.askinteger`). They are now centered at the
-center of the parent window if it is specified and shown, otherwise at the
-center of the screen.
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-Fixed range checks for color and pair numbers in :mod:`curses`.
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-:mod:`tkinter` supports now widgets with boolean value False.
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-Added a root parameter to :func:`tkinter.font.nametofont`.
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-Optimized :meth:`collections.deque.remove`.
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-When simple query dialogs (:mod:`tkinter.simpledialog`), message boxes
-(:mod:`tkinter.messagebox`) or color choose dialog
-(:mod:`tkinter.colorchooser`) are created without arguments *master* and
-*parent*, and the default root window is not yet created, and
-:func:`~tkinter.NoDefaultRoot` was not called, a new temporal
-hidden root window will be created automatically. It will not be set as the
-default root window and will be destroyed right after closing the dialog
-window. It will help to use these simple dialog windows in programs which
-do not need other GUI.
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-Add optional *weights* to *statistics.harmonic_mean()*.
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-``EnumMeta.__prepare__`` now accepts ``**kwds`` to properly support
-``__init_subclass__``
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-:mod:`subprocess` *extra_groups* is now correctly passed into setgroups()
-system call.
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-:func:`typing.get_args` and :func:`typing.get_origin` now support :pep:`604`
-union types and :pep:`612` additions to ``Callable``.
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-Allow / character in username, password fields on _PROXY envars.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-27-21-22-01.bpo-42756.dHMPJ9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-27-21-22-01.bpo-42756.dHMPJ9.rst
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-Configure LMTP Unix-domain socket to use socket global default timeout when
-a timeout is not explicitly provided.
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-Fixed equality comparison of :class:`tkinter.Variable` and
-:class:`tkinter.font.Font`. Objects which belong to different Tcl
-interpreters are now always different, even if they have the same name.
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-randrange() now raises a TypeError when step is specified without a stop
-argument. Formerly, it silently ignored the step argument.
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-Handle empty string in variable executable in platform.libc_ver()
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-Port test_ssl and test_uuid to VxWorks RTOS.
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-Disable os.popen and impacted tests on VxWorks
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-Add more attribute checking in test_posix.py
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-Fix bytecode helper assertNotInBytecode.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Skip some tests in _test_all_chown_common() on VxWorks.
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-Enhance ``test_select.test_select()``: it now takes 500 ms rather than 10
-seconds. Use Python rather than a shell to make the test more portable.
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-Skip some asyncio tests on VxWorks.
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-Update test_nntplib to use offical group name of news.aioe.org for testing.
-Patch by Dong-hee Na.
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-Fix ``freeze.py`` tool to use the prope config and library directories.
-Patch by Victor Stinner.
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-Fixed Python 3 compatibility issue with gdb/libpython.py handling of attribute
-dictionaries.
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-Update macOS installer to use SQLite 3.34.0.
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-Update macOS installer build to use OpenSSL 1.1.1i.
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-Update macOS installer build to use Tcl/Tk 8.6.11 (rc2, expected to be final
-release).
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-This is Python version 3.10.0 alpha 3
+This is Python version 3.10.0 alpha 4
=====================================
.. image:: https://travis-ci.com/python/cpython.svg?branch=master