.. nonce: ZLsRil
.. section: Library
-Don't force 3rd party C extensions to be built with -Werror=declaration-
-after-statement.
+Don't force 3rd party C extensions to be built with
+``-Werror=declaration-after-statement``.
..
.. nonce: DFMEgN
.. section: Library
-Fix inspect.getcallargs() to raise correct TypeError for missing keyword-
-only arguments. Patch by Jeremiah Lowin.
+Fix inspect.getcallargs() to raise correct TypeError for missing
+keyword-only arguments. Patch by Jeremiah Lowin.
..
.. nonce: KAl7aO
.. section: Build
-Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of python --generate-
-posix-vars in pybuilddir.txt build target.
+Prevent possible segfaults and other random failures of python
+``--generate-posix-vars`` in pybuilddir.txt build target.
..
.. nonce: b5M04V
.. section: Library
-The groupindex attribute of regular expression pattern object now is non-
-modifiable mapping.
+The groupindex attribute of regular expression pattern object now is
+non-modifiable mapping.
..
.. nonce: aAbWbQ
.. section: Library
-Restore semantic round-trip correctness in tokenize/untokenize for tab-
-indented blocks.
+Restore semantic round-trip correctness in tokenize/untokenize for
+tab-indented blocks.
..
.. nonce: hwXwCH
.. section: Library
-SMTP.auth() and SMTP.login() now support RFC 4954's optional initial-
-response argument to the SMTP AUTH command.
+SMTP.auth() and SMTP.login() now support RFC 4954's optional
+initial-response argument to the SMTP AUTH command.
..
On Solaris 11.3 or newer, os.urandom() now uses the getrandom() function
instead of the getentropy() function. The getentropy() function is blocking
-to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such high-
-quality entropy.
+to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such
+high-quality entropy.
..
.. nonce: -j_BV7
.. section: IDLE
-Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help. * Properly indent
-fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman). * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-
-like light blueish-gray background. * Re-use initial width and height set by
-users for shell and editor. * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used,
+Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help. Properly indent
+fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman). Give code snippet a very
+Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background. Re-use initial width and height set by
+users for shell and editor. When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used,
put the section header at the top of the screen.
..
.. section: Library
The "urllib.request" module now percent-encodes non-ASCII bytes found in
-redirect target URLs. Some servers send Location header fields with non-
-ASCII bytes, but "http.client" requires the request target to be ASCII-
-encodable, otherwise a UnicodeEncodeError is raised. Based on patch by
+redirect target URLs. Some servers send Location header fields with
+non-ASCII bytes, but "http.client" requires the request target to be
+ASCII-encodable, otherwise a UnicodeEncodeError is raised. Based on patch by
Christian Heimes.
..
.. nonce: HDjM4s
.. section: Build
-Disable the rules for running _freeze_importlib and pgen when cross-
-compiling. The output of these programs is normally saved with the source
+Disable the rules for running _freeze_importlib and pgen when
+cross-compiling. The output of these programs is normally saved with the source
code anyway, and is still regenerated when doing a native build. Patch by
Xavier de Gaye.
.. nonce: RYbEGH
.. section: Core and Builtins
-Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of empty compile-
-time PYTHONPATH components.
+Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of empty
+compile-time PYTHONPATH components.
..
.. section: Core and Builtins
Standard __import__() no longer look up "__import__" in globals or builtins
-for importing submodules or "from import". Fixed handling an error of non-
-string package name.
+for importing submodules or "from import". Fixed handling an error of
+non-string package name.
..
.. section: Build
Cause lack of llvm-profdata tool when using clang as required for PGO
-linking to be a configure time error rather than make time when --with-
-optimizations is enabled. Also improve our ability to find the llvm-
-profdata tool on MacOS and some Linuxes.
+linking to be a configure time error rather than make time when
+``--with-optimizations`` is enabled. Also improve our ability to find the
+llvm-profdata tool on MacOS and some Linuxes.
..
.. section: Core and Builtins
The UTF-8 encoder is now up to 75 times as fast for error handlers:
-``ignore``, ``replace``, ``surrogateescape``, ``surrogatepass``. Patch co-
-written with Serhiy Storchaka.
+``ignore``, ``replace``, ``surrogateescape``, ``surrogatepass``. Patch
+co-written with Serhiy Storchaka.
..
On Solaris 11.3 or newer, os.urandom() now uses the getrandom() function
instead of the getentropy() function. The getentropy() function is blocking
-to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such high-
-quality entropy.
+to generate very good quality entropy, os.urandom() doesn't need such
+high-quality entropy.
..
.. section: Library
The "urllib.request" module now percent-encodes non-ASCII bytes found in
-redirect target URLs. Some servers send Location header fields with non-
-ASCII bytes, but "http.client" requires the request target to be ASCII-
-encodable, otherwise a UnicodeEncodeError is raised. Based on patch by
+redirect target URLs. Some servers send Location header fields with
+non-ASCII bytes, but "http.client" requires the request target to be
+ASCII-encodable, otherwise a UnicodeEncodeError is raised. Based on patch by
Christian Heimes.
..
.. nonce: -j_BV7
.. section: IDLE
-Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help. * Properly indent
-fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman). * Give code snippet a very Sphinx-
-like light blueish-gray background. * Re-use initial width and height set by
-users for shell and editor. * When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used,
+Enhance the initial html viewer now used for Idle Help. Properly indent
+fixed-pitch text (patch by Mark Roseman). Give code snippet a very
+Sphinx-like light blueish-gray background. Re-use initial width and height set by
+users for shell and editor. When the Table of Contents (TOC) menu is used,
put the section header at the top of the screen.
..
.. nonce: HDjM4s
.. section: Build
-Disable the rules for running _freeze_importlib and pgen when cross-
-compiling. The output of these programs is normally saved with the source
+Disable the rules for running _freeze_importlib and pgen when
+cross-compiling. The output of these programs is normally saved with the source
code anyway, and is still regenerated when doing a native build. Patch by
Xavier de Gaye.
.. nonce: TJ779X
.. section: Library
-xmlrpc now supports unmarshalling additional data types used by Apache XML-
-RPC implementation for numerics and None.
+xmlrpc now supports unmarshalling additional data types used by Apache
+XML-RPC implementation for numerics and None.
..
.. section: Build
Cause lack of llvm-profdata tool when using clang as required for PGO
-linking to be a configure time error rather than make time when --with-
-optimizations is enabled. Also improve our ability to find the llvm-
-profdata tool on MacOS and some Linuxes.
+linking to be a configure time error rather than make time when
+``--with-optimizations`` is enabled. Also improve our ability to find the
+llvm-profdata tool on MacOS and some Linuxes.
..
.. nonce: RYbEGH
.. section: Core and Builtins
-Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of empty compile-
-time PYTHONPATH components.
+Extra slash no longer added to sys.path components in case of empty
+compile-time PYTHONPATH components.
..
.. section: Library
Various updates to typing module: add typing.NoReturn type, use
-WrapperDescriptorType, minor bug-fixes. Original PRs by Jim Fasarakis-
-Hilliard and Ivan Levkivskyi.
+WrapperDescriptorType, minor bug-fixes. Original PRs by Jim
+Fasarakis-Hilliard and Ivan Levkivskyi.
..
.. section: Build
Prevent unnecessary rebuilding of Python during ``make test``, ``make
-install`` and some other make targets when configured with ``--enable-
-optimizations``.
+install`` and some other make targets when configured with
+``--enable-optimizations``.
..
vulnerabilities including: CVE-2017-9233 (External entity infinite loop
DoS), CVE-2016-9063 (Integer overflow, re-fix), CVE-2016-0718 (Fix
regression bugs from 2.2.0's fix to CVE-2016-0718) and CVE-2012-0876
-(Counter hash flooding with SipHash). Note: the CVE-2016-5300 (Use os-
-specific entropy sources like getrandom) doesn't impact Python, since Python
-already gets entropy from the OS to set the expat secret using
+(Counter hash flooding with SipHash). Note: the CVE-2016-5300 (Use
+os-specific entropy sources like getrandom) doesn't impact Python, since
+Python already gets entropy from the OS to set the expat secret using
``XML_SetHashSalt()``.
..
Improve signal delivery.
-Avoid using Py_AddPendingCall from signal handler, to avoid calling signal-
-unsafe functions. The tests I'm adding here fail without the rest of the
-patch, on Linux and OS X. This means our signal delivery logic had defects
-(some signals could be lost).
+Avoid using Py_AddPendingCall from signal handler, to avoid calling
+signal-unsafe functions. The tests I'm adding here fail without the rest of
+the patch, on Linux and OS X. This means our signal delivery logic had
+defects (some signals could be lost).
..
.. nonce: -zJ7d8
.. section: Library
-multiprocessing.Queue.get() with a timeout now polls its reader in non-
-blocking mode if it succeeded to aquire the lock but the acquire took longer
-than the timeout.
+multiprocessing.Queue.get() with a timeout now polls its reader in
+non-blocking mode if it succeeded to aquire the lock but the acquire took
+longer than the timeout.
..
.. nonce: N3KI-o
.. section: Library
-os.listdir() and os.scandir() now emit bytes names when called with bytes-
-like argument.
+os.listdir() and os.scandir() now emit bytes names when called with
+bytes-like argument.
..
effect as soon as one clicks Apply or Ok.
The affected events are '<<force-open-completions>>', '<<expand-word>>',
-'<<force-open-calltip>>', '<<flash-paren>>', '<<format-paragraph>>', '<<run-
-module>>', '<<check-module>>', and '<<zoom-height>>'. Any (global)
+'<<force-open-calltip>>', '<<flash-paren>>', '<<format-paragraph>>',
+'<<run-module>>', '<<check-module>>', and '<<zoom-height>>'. Any (global)
customizations made before 3.6.3 will not affect their keyset- specific
customization after 3.6.3. and vice versa.
.. nonce: Fh3fau
.. section: Core and Builtins
-Fix possible crashing in builtin Unicode decoders caused by write out-of-
-bound errors when using customized decode error handlers.
+Fix possible crashing in builtin Unicode decoders caused by write
+out-of-bound errors when using customized decode error handlers.
..
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