From: Ezio Melotti <ezio.melotti@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:34:05 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: #12820: merge with 3.3.
X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a1~992^2
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=161194a5d0b0785cefe9dde017707409a31ef712;p=python

#12820: merge with 3.3.
---

161194a5d0b0785cefe9dde017707409a31ef712
diff --cc Misc/NEWS
index ff0226a844,826ad85860..ad58089720
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@@ -10,63 -12,84 +10,69 @@@ What's New in Python 3.4.0 Alpha 1
  Core and Builtins
  -----------------
  
 -- Issue #17619: Make input() check for Ctrl-C correctly on Windows.
 +- Issue #14439: Python now prints the traceback on runpy failure at startup.
  
 -- Issue #17610: Don't rely on non-standard behavior of the C qsort() function.
 +- Issue #17469: Fix _Py_GetAllocatedBlocks() and sys.getallocatedblocks()
 +  when running on valgrind.
  
 -- Issue #17357: Add missing verbosity output when using -v/-vv.
 +- Issue #17619: Make input() check for Ctrl-C correctly on Windows.
  
 -Library
 --------
 +- Issue #17357: Add missing verbosity messages for -v/-vv that were lost during
 +  the importlib transition.
  
 -- Issue #17678: Fix DeprecationWarning in the http/cookiejar.py by changing the
 -  usage of get_origin_req_host() to origin_req_host.
 +- Issue #17610: Don't rely on non-standard behavior of the C qsort() function.
  
 -- Issue #17666: Fix reading gzip files with an extra field.
 +- Issue #17323: The "[X refs, Y blocks]" printed by debug builds has been
 +  disabled by default.  It can be re-enabled with the `-X showrefcount` option.
  
 -- Issue #17502: Process DEFAULT values in mock side_effect that returns iterator.
 -  Patch by Michael Foord.
 +- Issue #17522: Add the PyGILState_Check() API.
  
 -- Issue #17572: Avoid chained exceptions while passing bad directives to
 -  time.strptime().  Initial patch by Claudiu Popa.
 +- Issue #17327: Add PyDict_SetDefault.
  
 -- Issue #17435: threading.Timer's __init__ method no longer uses mutable
 -  default values for the args and kwargs parameters.
 +Library
 +-------
  
 -- Issue #17526: fix an IndexError raised while passing code without filename to
 -  inspect.findsource().  Initial patch by Tyler Doyle.
 +- Issue #17675: socket repr() provides local and remote addresses (if any).
 +  Patch by Giampaolo Rodola'
  
 -IDLE
 -----
 +- Issue #17093: Make the ABCs in importlib.abc provide default values or raise
 +  reasonable exceptions for their methods to make them more amenable to super()
 +  calls.
  
 -- Issue #17657: Show full Tk version in IDLE's about dialog.
 -  Patch by Todd Rovito.
 +- Issue #17566: Make importlib.abc.Loader.module_repr() optional instead of an
 +  abstractmethod and raising NotImplementedError so as to be ignored by default.
  
 -- Issue #17613: Prevent traceback when removing syntax colorizer in IDLE.
 +- Issue #17678: Remove the use of deprecated method in http/cookiejar.py.
 +  Changing the usage of get_origin_req_host() to origin_req_host.
  
 -- Issue #1207589: Backwards-compatibility patch for right-click menu in IDLE.
 +- Issue #17666: Fix reading gzip files with an extra field.
  
 -- Issue #16887: IDLE now accepts Cancel in tabify/untabify dialog box.
 +- Issue #16475: Support object instancing, recursion and interned strings
 +  in marshal
  
 -- Issue #17625: In IDLE, close the replace dialog after it is used.
 +- Issue #17502: Process DEFAULT values in mock side_effect that returns iterator.
  
 -- Issue #14254: IDLE now handles readline correctly across shell restarts.
 +- Use the HTTPS PyPI url for upload, overriding any plain HTTP URL in pypirc.
  
 -- Issue #17614: IDLE no longer raises exception when quickly closing a file.
 +- Issue #16795: On the ast.arguments object, unify vararg with varargannotation
 +  and kwarg and kwargannotation. Change the column offset of ast.Attribute to be
 +  at the attribute name.
  
 -- Issue #6698: IDLE now opens just an editor window when configured to do so.
 +- Issue #17434: Properly raise a SyntaxError when a string occurs between future
 +  imports.
  
 -- Issue #8900: Using keyboard shortcuts in IDLE to open a file no longer
 -  raises an exception.
 +- Issue #17117: Import and @importlib.util.set_loader now set __loader__ when
 +  it has a value of None or the attribute doesn't exist.
  
 -- Issue #6649: Fixed missing exit status in IDLE. Patch by Guilherme Polo.
 +- Issue #17032: The "global" in the "NameError: global name 'x' is not defined"
 +  error message has been removed.  Patch by Ram Rachum.
  
+ Tests
+ -----
+ 
+ - Issue #12820: add tests for the xml.dom.minicompat module.
+   Patch by John Chandler and Phil Connell.
+ 
 -Documentation
 --------------
 -
 -- Issue #15940: Specify effect of locale on time functions.
 -
 -
 -What's New in Python 3.3.1?
 -===========================
 -
 -*Release date: 07-Apr-2013*
 -
 -Build
 ------
 -
 -- Issue #17550: Fix the --enable-profiling configure switch.
 -
 -Library
 --------
 -
 -- Issue #17625: In IDLE, close the replace dialog after it is used.
 -
  
  What's New in Python 3.3.1 release candidate 1?
  ===============================================