docs: Update CPython differences and improve the look of table layouts.

Updated some of the CPython feature differences:
- Updated status of some features.
- Added CSS to fix table widths to 100% and word wrap.
- Specified explicit table column ratios to improve layout appearance.
- Added missing references to anchors.
- Better consistency with use of formatting and case.
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Matt Trentini 2022-08-19 01:15:50 +10:00 committed by Damien George
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# so a file named "default.css" will overwrite the builtin "default.css".
html_static_path = ['static']
# Add a custom CSS file for HTML generation
html_css_files = [
'custom.css',
]
# Add any extra paths that contain custom files (such as robots.txt or
# .htaccess) here, relative to this directory. These files are copied
# directly to the root of the documentation.

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@ -5,47 +5,52 @@ Python 3.5
Below is a list of finalised/accepted PEPs for Python 3.5 grouped into their impact to MicroPython.
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| **Extensions to the syntax:** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 448 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0448/>`_ | additional unpacking generalizations | Partial |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 465 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0465/>`_ | a new matrix multiplication operator | Completed |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 492 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0492/>`_ | coroutines with async and await syntax | Completed |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| **Extensions and changes to runtime:** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 461 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0461/>`_ | % formatting for binary strings | Completed |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 475 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0475/>`_ | retrying system calls that fail with EINTR | Completed |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 479 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0479/>`_ | change StopIteration handling inside generators | Completed |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| **Standard library changes:** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 471 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0471/>`_ | os.scandir() | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 485 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0485/>`_ | math.isclose(), a function for testing | Completed |
| | approximate equality | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| **Miscellaneous changes:** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 441 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0441/>`_ | improved Python zip application support | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 486 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0486/>`_ | make the Python Launcher aware of virtual | Not relevant |
| | environments | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 484 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/>`_ | type hints (advisory only) | In Progress |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 488 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0488/>`_ | elimination of PYO files | Not relevant |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 489 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0489/>`_ | redesigning extension module loading | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+
.. table::
:widths: 30 50 20
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| **Extensions to the syntax** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 448 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0448/>`_ | Additional unpacking generalizations | Partial |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 465 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0465/>`_ | A new matrix multiplication operator | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 492 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0492/>`_ | Coroutines with ``async`` and ``await`` syntax | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| **Extensions and changes to runtime** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 461 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0461/>`_ | % formatting for binary strings | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 475 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0475/>`_ | Retrying system calls that fail with ``EINTR`` | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 479 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0479/>`_ | Change ``StopIteration`` handling inside generators | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| **Standard library changes** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 471 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0471/>`_ | ``os.scandir()`` | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 485 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0485/>`_ | ``math.isclose()``, a function for testing | Complete |
| | approximate equality | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| **Miscellaneous changes** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 441 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0441/>`_ | Improved Python zip application support | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 486 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0486/>`_ | Make the Python Launcher aware of virtual | Not relevant |
| | environments | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 484 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0484/>`_ | Type hints (advisory only) | Complete [#fth]_ |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 488 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0488/>`_ | Elimination of PYO files | Not relevant |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
| `PEP 489 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0489/>`_ | Redesigning extension module loading | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
Other Language Changes:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Added the *namereplace* error handlers. The *backslashreplace* error handlers now work with decoding and | |
| translating. | |
@ -65,6 +70,9 @@ New Modules:
Changes to built-in modules:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `collections <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.5.html#collections>`_ |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `math <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.5.html#math>`_ |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Two new constants have been added to the math module: *inf* and *nan*. | Completed |
| Two new constants have been added to the math module: *inf* and *nan*. | Complete |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| A new function *isclose()* provides a way to test for approximate equality. | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
@ -140,7 +148,7 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
| The *socket.sendall()* method no longer resets the socket timeout every time bytes are received or sent. | |
| The socket timeout is now the maximum total duration to send all data. | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| The backlog argument of the *socket.listen()* method is now optional. By default it is set to SOMAXCONN or| Completed |
| The backlog argument of the *socket.listen()* method is now optional. By default it is set to SOMAXCONN or| Complete |
| to 128, whichever is less. | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `ssl <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.5.html#ssl>`_ |
@ -179,3 +187,7 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| The *monotonic()* function is now always available | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
.. rubric:: Notes
.. [#fth] The MicroPython parser correct ignores all type hints. However, the ``typing`` module is not built-in.

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@ -5,53 +5,59 @@ Python 3.6
Python 3.6 beta 1 was released on 12 Sep 2016, and a summary of the new features can be found here:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| **New Syntax Features:** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 498 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/>`_ | Literal String Formatting | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 515 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0515/>`_ | Underscores in Numeric Literals | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
.. table::
:widths: 30 50 20
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **New Syntax Features** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 498 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/>`_ | Literal String Formatting | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 515 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0515/>`_ | Underscores in Numeric Literals | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 525 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0525/>`_ | Asynchronous Generators | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 526 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0526/>`_ | Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional) | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 526 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0526/>`_ | Syntax for Variable Annotations (provisional) | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 530 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0530/>`_ | Asynchronous Comprehensions | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| **New Built-in Features:** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **New Built-in Features** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 468 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0468/>`_ | Preserving the order of *kwargs* in a function | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 487 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0487/>`_ | Simpler customization of class creation | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 520 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0520/>`_ | Preserving Class Attribute Definition Order | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| **Standard Library Changes:** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Standard Library Changes** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 495 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0495/>`_ | Local Time Disambiguation | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 506 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0506/>`_ | Adding A Secrets Module To The Standard Library | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 519 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0519/>`_ | Adding a file system path protocol | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| **CPython internals:** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 509 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0509/>`_ | Add a private version to dict | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **CPython Internals** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 509 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0509/>`_ | Add a private version to dict | Won't do |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 523 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0523/>`_ | Adding a frame evaluation API to CPython | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| **Linux/Window Changes** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 524 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0524/>`_ | Make os.urandom() blocking on Linux | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 524 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0524/>`_ | Make ``os.urandom()`` blocking on Linux | |
| | (during system startup) | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 528 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0528/>`_ | Change Windows console encoding to UTF-8 | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
| `PEP 529 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0529/>`_ | Change Windows filesystem encoding to UTF-8 | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+-----------------+
Other Language Changes:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| A *global* or *nonlocal* statement must now textually appear before the first use of the affected name in | |
| the same scope. Previously this was a SyntaxWarning. | |
@ -71,6 +77,9 @@ Other Language Changes:
Changes to built-in modules:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `array <https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html#array>`_ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
@ -78,7 +87,7 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `binascii <https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html#binascii>`_ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| The b2a_base64() function now accepts an optional newline keyword argument to control whether the newline | Completed |
| The b2a_base64() function now accepts an optional newline keyword argument to control whether the newline | Complete |
| character is appended to the return value | |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `cmath <https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html#cmath>`_ | |
@ -121,7 +130,7 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `math <https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html#math>`_ |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| The new math.tau (τ) constant has been added | Completed |
| The new math.tau (τ) constant has been added | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `os <https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/3.6.html#os>`_ |
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+

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@ -5,72 +5,81 @@ Python 3.7
New Features:
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| **Features:** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
.. table::
:widths: 20 60 20
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| **Feature** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 538 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0538/>`_ | Coercing the legacy C locale to a UTF-8 based | |
| | locale | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 539 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0539/>`_ | A New C-API for Thread-Local Storage in CPython | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 540 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0540/>`_ | UTF-8 mode | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 552 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0552/>`_ | Deterministic pyc | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `PEP 553 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0553/>`_ | Built-in breakpoint() | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 553 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0553/>`_ | Built-in ``breakpoint()`` | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 557 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/>`_ | Data Classes | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 560 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0560/>`_ | Core support for typing module and generic types | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `PEP 562 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0562/>`_ | Module __getattr__ and __dir__ | Partially done |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 562 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0562/>`_ | Module ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` | Partial |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 563 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0563/>`_ | Postponed Evaluation of Annotations | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `PEP 564 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0564/>`_ | Time functions with nanosecond resolution | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `PEP 565 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0565/>`_ | Show DeprecationWarning in __main__ | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 564 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0564/>`_ | Time functions with nanosecond resolution | Partial [#ftimenanosec]_ |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 565 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0565/>`_ | Show DeprecationWarning in ``__main__`` | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| `PEP 567 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0567/>`_ | Context Variables | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+--------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
Other Language Changes:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| async and await are now reserved keywords | Completed |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| dict objects must preserve insertion-order | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ``async`` and ``await`` are now reserved keywords | Complete |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ``dict`` objects must preserve insertion-order | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| More than 255 arguments can now be passed to a function; a function can now have more than 255 parameters | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| bytes.fromhex() and bytearray.fromhex() now ignore all ASCII whitespace, not only spaces | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| str, bytes, and bytearray gained support for the new isascii() method, which can be used to test if a | |
| string or bytes contain only the ASCII characters | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ImportError now displays module name and module __file__ path whenfrom ... import ... fails | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ``bytes.fromhex()`` and ``bytearray.fromhex()`` now ignore all ASCII whitespace, not only spaces | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ``str``, ``bytes``, and ``bytearray`` gained support for the new ``isascii()`` method, which can be used to | |
| test if a string or bytes contain only the ASCII characters | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ``ImportError`` now displays module name and module ``__file__`` path when ``from ... import ...`` fails | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Circular imports involving absolute imports with binding a submodule to a name are now supported | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| object.__format__(x, '') is now equivalent to str(x) rather than format(str(self), '') | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| In order to better support dynamic creation of stack traces, types.TracebackType can now be instantiated | |
| from Python code, and the tb_next attribute on tracebacks is now writable | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| When using the -m switch, sys.path[0] is now eagerly expanded to the full starting directory path, rather| |
| than being left as the empty directory (which allows imports from the current working directory at the | |
| time when an import occurs) | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| The new -X importtime option or the PYTHONPROFILEIMPORTTIME environment variable can be used to show the | |
| timing of each module import | |
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| ``object.__format__(x, '')`` is now equivalent to ``str(x)`` rather than ``format(str(self), '')`` | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| In order to better support dynamic creation of stack traces, ``types.TracebackType`` can now be | |
| instantiated from Python code, and the ``tb_next`` attribute on tracebacks is now writable | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| When using the ``-m`` switch, ``sys.path[0]`` is now eagerly expanded to the full starting directory path, | |
| rather than being left as the empty directory (which allows imports from the current working directory | |
| at the time when an import occurs) | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| The new ``-X importtime`` option or the ``PYTHONPROFILEIMPORTTIME`` environment variable can be used to | |
| show the timing of each module import | |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
Changes to built-in modules:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `asyncio <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html#asyncio>`_ | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| asyncio (many, may need a separate ticket) | |
| Too many to list | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| `gc <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.7.html#gc>`_ | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
@ -93,3 +102,7 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
| Mostly updates to support nanosecond resolution in PEP564, see above | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+
.. rubric:: Notes
.. [#ftimenanosec] Only :func:`time.time_ns` is implemented.

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@ -5,15 +5,18 @@ Python 3.8
Python 3.8.0 (final) was released on the 14 October 2019. The Features for 3.8
are defined in `PEP 569 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0569/#id9>`_ and
a detailed description of the changes can be found in What's New in `Python
a detailed description of the changes can be found in `What's New in Python
3.8. <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html>`_
.. table::
:widths: 20 60 20
+--------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| **Features:** | Status |
| **Features** | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 570 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0570/>`_ | Positional-only arguments | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 572 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/>`_ | Assignment Expressions | |
| `PEP 572 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0572/>`_ | Assignment Expressions | Complete |
+--------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `PEP 574 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0574/>`_ | Pickle protocol 5 with out-of-band data | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+
@ -25,13 +28,16 @@ a detailed description of the changes can be found in What's New in `Python
+--------------------------------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| **Miscellaneous** |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| f-strings support = for self-documenting expressions and debugging | Completed |
| f-strings support = for self-documenting expressions and debugging | Complete |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
Other Language Changes:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| A *continue* statement was illegal in the *finally* clause due to a problem with the implementation. In | Completed |
| A *continue* statement was illegal in the *finally* clause due to a problem with the implementation. In | Complete |
| Python 3.8 this restriction was lifted | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| The *bool*, *int* , and *fractions.Fraction* types now have an *as_integer_ratio()* method like that found | |
@ -72,14 +78,17 @@ Other Language Changes:
Changes to built-in modules:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| `asyncio` |
| `asyncio <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#asyncio>`_ |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| *asyncio.run()* has graduated from the provisional to stable API | Completed |
| *asyncio.run()* has graduated from the provisional to stable API | Complete |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Running *python -m asyncio* launches a natively async REPL | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| The exception *asyncio.CancelledError* now inherits from *BaseException* rather than *Exception* and no | Completed |
| The exception *asyncio.CancelledError* now inherits from *BaseException* rather than *Exception* and no | Complete |
| longer inherits from *concurrent.futures.CancelledError* | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Added *asyncio.Task.get_coro()* for getting the wrapped coroutine within an *asyncio.Task* | |
@ -90,12 +99,12 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
| Added support for Happy Eyeballs to *asyncio.loop.create_connection()*. To specify the behavior, two new | |
| parameters have been added: *happy_eyeballs_delay* and interleave. | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| `gc` |
| `gc <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#gc>`_ |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| *get_objects()* can now receive an optional generation parameter indicating a generation to get objects | |
| from. (Note, though, that while *gc* is a built-in, *get_objects()* is not implemented for MicroPython) | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| `math` |
| `math <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#math>`_ |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Added new function *math.dist()* for computing Euclidean distance between two points | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
@ -109,9 +118,9 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
| Added a new function *math.isqrt()* for computing accurate integer square roots without conversion to | |
| floating point | |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| The function *math.factorial()* no longer accepts arguments that are not int-like | Completed |
| The function *math.factorial()* no longer accepts arguments that are not int-like | Complete |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| `sys` |
| `sys <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.8.html#sys>`_ |
+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+
| Add new *sys.unraisablehook()* function which can be overridden to control how "unraisable exceptions" | |
| are handled | |

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@ -8,35 +8,41 @@ defined in `PEP 596 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0596/#features-for-3-9>
and a detailed description of the changes can be found in
`What's New in Python 3.9 <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html>`_
.. table::
:widths: 20 60 20
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| **Features:** | | **Status** |
| **Features** | | **Status** |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 573 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0573/>`_ | fast access to module state from methods of C | |
| `PEP 573 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0573/>`_ | Fast access to module state from methods of C | |
| | extension types | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 584 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0584/>`_ | union operators added to dict | |
| `PEP 584 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0584/>`_ | Union operators added to dict | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 585 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0584/>`_ | type hinting generics in standard collections | |
| `PEP 585 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0584/>`_ | Type hinting generics in standard collections | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 593 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0593/>`_ | flexible function and variable annotations | |
| `PEP 593 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0593/>`_ | Flexible function and variable annotations | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 602 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0602/>`_ | CPython adopts an annual release cycle. Instead of | |
| | annual, aiming for two month release cycle | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 614 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0614/>`_ | relaxed grammar restrictions on decorators | |
| `PEP 614 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0614/>`_ | Relaxed grammar restrictions on decorators | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 615 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0615/>`_ | the IANA Time Zone Database is now present in the | |
| `PEP 615 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0615/>`_ | The IANA Time Zone Database is now present in the | |
| | standard library in the zoneinfo module | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 616 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0616/>`_ | string methods to remove prefixes and suffixes | |
| `PEP 616 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0616/>`_ | String methods to remove prefixes and suffixes | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
| `PEP 617 <https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0617/>`_ | CPython now uses a new parser based on PEG | |
+--------------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+--------------+
Other Language Changes:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| *__import__()* now raises *ImportError* instead of *ValueError* | Completed |
| *__import__()* now raises *ImportError* instead of *ValueError* | Complete |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Python now gets the absolute path of the script filename specified on the command line (ex: *python3* | |
| *script.py*): the *__file__* attribute of the *__main__* module became an absolute path, rather than a | |
@ -62,8 +68,11 @@ Other Language Changes:
Changes to built-in modules:
.. table::
:widths: 90 10
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `asyncio` |
| `asyncio <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html#asyncio>`_ |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Due to significant security concerns, the reuse_address parameter of *asyncio.loop.create_datagram_endpoint()*| |
| is no longer supported | |
@ -82,13 +91,13 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| *asyncio* now raises *TyperError* when calling incompatible methods with an *ssl.SSLSocket* socket | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `gc` |
| `gc <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html#gc>`_ |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Garbage collection does not block on resurrected objects | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Added a new function *gc.is_finalized()* to check if an object has been finalized by the garbage collector | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `math` |
| `math <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html#math>`_ |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Expanded the *math.gcd()* function to handle multiple arguments. Formerly, it only supported two arguments | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
@ -98,21 +107,21 @@ Changes to built-in modules:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Added *math.ulp()*: return the value of the least significant bit of a float | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `os` |
| `os <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html#os>`_ |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Exposed the Linux-specific *os.pidfd_open()* and *os.P_PIDFD* | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| The *os.unsetenv()* function is now also available on Windows | Completed |
| The *os.unsetenv()* function is now also available on Windows | Complete |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| The *os.putenv()* and *os.unsetenv()* functions are now always available | Completed |
| The *os.putenv()* and *os.unsetenv()* functions are now always available | Complete |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Added *os.waitstatus_to_exitcode()* function: convert a wait status to an exit code | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `random` |
| `random <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html#random>`_ |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Added a new *random.Random.randbytes* method: generate random bytes | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| `sys` |
| `sys <https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.9.html#sys>`_ |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+
| Added a new *sys.platlibdir* attribute: name of the platform-specific library directory | |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+---------------+

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