Python News
+++++++++++
-What's New in Python 3.5.2 release candidate 1?
-===============================================
+What's New in Python 3.6.0 alpha 2
+==================================
+
+*Release date: XXXX-XX-XX*
+
+Core and Builtins
+-----------------
+
+- Issue #27097: Python interpreter is now about 7% faster due to optimized
+ instruction decoding. Based on patch by Demur Rumed.
+
+- Issue #26647: Python interpreter now uses 16-bit wordcode instead of bytecode.
+ Patch by Demur Rumed.
+
+- Issue #23275: Allow assigning to an empty target list in round brackets:
+ () = iterable.
+
+Library
+-------
+
++- Issue #18383: Avoid creating duplicate filters when using filterwarnings
++ and simplefilter. Based on patch by Alex Shkop.
+
-Release date: tba
+- Issue #23026: winreg.QueryValueEx() now return an integer for REG_QWORD type.
+
+- Issue #26741: subprocess.Popen destructor now emits a ResourceWarning warning
+ if the child process is still running.
+
+- Issue #27056: Optimize pickle.load() and pickle.loads(), up to 10% faster
+ to deserialize a lot of small objects.
+
+Tests
+-----
+
+- Issue #25285: regrtest now uses subprocesses when the -j1 command line option
+ is used: each test file runs in a fresh child process. Before, the -j1 option
+ was ignored.
+
+- Issue #25285: Tools/buildbot/test.bat script now uses -j1 by default to run
+ each test file in fresh child process.
+
+Windows
+-------
+
+- Issue #27064: The py.exe launcher now defaults to Python 3.
+ The Windows launcher ``py.exe`` no longer prefers an installed
+ Python 2 version over Python 3 by default when used interactively.
+
+
+What's New in Python 3.6.0 alpha 1?
+===================================
+
+Release date: 2016-05-16
Core and Builtins
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