Python 3.10.0a5

67 files changed, 670 insertions, 135 deletions

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+.. bpo: 42938
+.. date: 2021-01-18-09-27-31
+.. nonce: 4Zn4Mp
+.. release date: 2021-02-02
+.. section: Security
+
+Avoid static buffers when computing the repr of :class:`ctypes.c_double` and
+:class:`ctypes.c_longdouble` values.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42990
+.. date: 2021-01-30-11-31-44
+.. nonce: 69h_zK
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Refactor the ``PyEval_`` family of functions.
+
+* An new function ``_PyEval_Vector`` is added to simplify calls to Python from C.
+* ``_PyEval_EvalCodeWithName`` is removed
+* ``PyEval_EvalCodeEx`` is retained as part of the API, but is not used internally
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38631
+.. date: 2021-01-29-17-48-44
+.. nonce: jR-3kC
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Replace :c:func:`Py_FatalError` calls in the compiler with regular
+:exc:`SystemError` exceptions. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42997
+.. date: 2021-01-24-20-19-55
+.. nonce: QUOPgP
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Improve error message for missing ":" before blocks. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43017
+.. date: 2021-01-24-18-02-05
+.. nonce: emEcXX
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Improve error message in the parser when using un-parenthesised tuples in
+comprehensions. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42986
+.. date: 2021-01-20-23-44-15
+.. nonce: sWoaGf
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix parser crash when reporting syntax errors in f-string with newlines.
+Patch by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40176
+.. date: 2021-01-20-22-31-01
+.. nonce: anjyWw
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Syntax errors for unterminated string literals now point to the start of the
+string instead of reporting EOF/EOL.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42927
+.. date: 2021-01-15-20-05-56
+.. nonce: GI-l-7
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+The inline cache for ``LOAD_ATTR`` now also optimizes access to attributes
+defined by ``__slots__``. This makes reading such attribute up to 30%
+faster.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42864
+.. date: 2021-01-14-23-15-34
+.. nonce: QgOAQ1
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Improve error messages in the parser when parentheses are not closed. Patch
+by Pablo Galindo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42924
+.. date: 2021-01-13-14-06-01
+.. nonce: _WS1Ok
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix ``bytearray`` repetition incorrectly copying data from the start of the
+buffer, even if the data is offset within the buffer (e.g. after reassigning
+a slice at the start of the ``bytearray`` to a shorter byte string).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42882
+.. date: 2021-01-11-17-58-52
+.. nonce: WfTdfg
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix the :c:func:`_PyUnicode_FromId` function (_Py_IDENTIFIER(var) API) when
+:c:func:`Py_Initialize` / :c:func:`Py_Finalize` is called multiple times:
+preserve ``_PyRuntime.unicode_ids.next_index`` value.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42827
+.. date: 2021-01-06-17-06-37
+.. nonce: jtRR0D
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a crash when working out the error line of a :exc:`SyntaxError` in some
+multi-line expressions.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42823
+.. date: 2021-01-04-18-17-07
+.. nonce: dcSynu
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+frame.f_lineno is correct even if frame.f_trace is set to True
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 37324
+.. date: 2020-12-12-20-09-12
+.. nonce: jB-9_U
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Remove deprecated aliases to :ref:`collections-abstract-base-classes` from
+the :mod:`collections` module.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41994
+.. date: 2020-10-10-14-16-03
+.. nonce: Xop8sV
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fixed possible leak in ``import`` when ``sys.modules`` is not a ``dict``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 27772
+.. date: 2018-12-20-23-59-23
+.. nonce: idHEcj
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+In string formatting, preceding the *width* field by ``'0'`` no longer
+affects the default alignment for strings.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43108
+.. date: 2021-02-02-20-23-31
+.. nonce: lqcCZ6
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed a reference leak in the :mod:`curses` module. Patch by Pablo Galindo
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43077
+.. date: 2021-01-30-15-20-06
+.. nonce: Owk61z
+.. section: Library
+
+Update the bundled pip to 21.0.1 and setuptools to 52.0.0.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41282
+.. date: 2021-01-27-20-49-32
+.. nonce: SEPdV0
+.. section: Library
+
+Deprecate ``distutils`` in documentation and add warning on import.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43014
+.. date: 2021-01-24-00-37-40
+.. nonce: BVPhEr
+.. section: Library
+
+Improve performance of :mod:`tokenize` by 20-30%.  Patch by Anthony Sottile.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42323
+.. date: 2021-01-20-12-10-47
+.. nonce: PONB8e
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :func:`math.nextafter` for NaN on AIX.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42955
+.. date: 2021-01-18-11-59-46
+.. nonce: CSWLC9
+.. section: Library
+
+Add :data:`sys.stdlib_module_names`, containing the list of the standard
+library module names. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42944
+.. date: 2021-01-18-10-41-44
+.. nonce: RrONvy
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix ``random.Random.sample`` when ``counts`` argument is not ``None``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42934
+.. date: 2021-01-15-11-48-00
+.. nonce: ILKoOI
+.. section: Library
+
+Use :class:`~traceback.TracebackException`'s new ``compact`` param in
+:class:`~unittest.TestResult` to reduce time and memory consumed by
+traceback formatting.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42931
+.. date: 2021-01-15-00-23-50
+.. nonce: QD6U2B
+.. section: Library
+
+Add :func:`randbytes` to ``random.__all__``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38250
+.. date: 2021-01-14-15-07-16
+.. nonce: 1fvhOk
+.. section: Library
+
+[Enum] Flags consisting of a single bit are now considered canonical, and
+will be the only flags returned from listing and iterating over a Flag class
+or a Flag member.  Multi-bit flags are considered aliases; they will be
+returned from lookups and operations that result in their value. Iteration
+for both Flag and Flag members is in definition order.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42877
+.. date: 2021-01-13-12-55-41
+.. nonce: Fi1zEG
+.. section: Library
+
+Added the ``compact`` parameter to the constructor of
+:class:`traceback.TracebackException` to reduce time and memory for use
+cases that only need to call :func:`TracebackException.format` and
+:func:`TracebackException.format_exception_only`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42923
+.. date: 2021-01-13-12-15-13
+.. nonce: zBiNls
+.. section: Library
+
+The :c:func:`Py_FatalError` function and the :mod:`faulthandler` module now
+dump the list of extension modules on a fatal error.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42848
+.. date: 2021-01-12-19-34-06
+.. nonce: 5G8oBl
+.. section: Library
+
+Removed recursion from :class:`~traceback.TracebackException` to allow it to
+handle long exception chains.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42901
+.. date: 2021-01-11-17-36-59
+.. nonce: gFd-ta
+.. section: Library
+
+[Enum] move member creation from ``EnumMeta.__new__`` to
+``_proto_member.__set_name__``, allowing members to be created and visible
+in ``__init_subclass__``.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42780
+.. date: 2021-01-08-15-49-20
+.. nonce: rtqi6B
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix os.set_inheritable() for O_PATH file descriptors on Linux.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42866
+.. date: 2021-01-08-10-57-21
+.. nonce: Y1DnrO
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a reference leak in the ``getcodec()`` function of CJK codecs. Patch by
+Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42846
+.. date: 2021-01-07-23-31-17
+.. nonce: kukDjw
+.. section: Library
+
+Convert the 6 CJK codec extension modules (_codecs_cn, _codecs_hk,
+_codecs_iso2022, _codecs_jp, _codecs_kr and _codecs_tw) to the multiphase
+initialization API (:pep:`489`). Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42851
+.. date: 2021-01-07-11-44-22
+.. nonce: uyQFyd
+.. section: Library
+
+remove __init_subclass__ support for Enum members
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42834
+.. date: 2021-01-05-23-55-24
+.. nonce: LxRnZC
+.. section: Library
+
+Make internal caches of the ``_json`` module compatible with
+subinterpreters.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41748
+.. date: 2021-01-05-21-26-29
+.. nonce: KdC0w3
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix HTMLParser parsing rules for element attributes containing commas with
+spaces. Patch by Karl Dubost.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40810
+.. date: 2021-01-05-00-52-30
+.. nonce: JxQqPe
+.. section: Library
+
+Require SQLite 3.7.15 or newer. Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 1635741
+.. date: 2021-01-04-15-05-40
+.. nonce: EOCfZY
+.. section: Library
+
+Convert the _multibytecodec extension module (CJK codecs) to multi-phase
+initialization (:pep:`489`).  Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42802
+.. date: 2021-01-01-15-29-16
+.. nonce: Lw-bzl
+.. section: Library
+
+The distutils ``bdist_wininst`` command deprecated in Python 3.8 has been
+removed. The distutils ``bidst_wheel`` command is now recommended to
+distribute binary packages on Windows.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 24464
+.. date: 2020-12-30-14-56-25
+.. nonce: vbNVHe
+.. section: Library
+
+The undocumented built-in function ``sqlite3.enable_shared_cache`` is now
+deprecated, scheduled for removal in Python 3.12.  Its use is strongly
+discouraged by the SQLite3 documentation.  Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42384
+.. date: 2020-11-17-14-32-39
+.. nonce: 1ZnQSn
+.. section: Library
+
+Make pdb populate sys.path[0] exactly the same as regular python execution.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42383
+.. date: 2020-11-17-14-30-12
+.. nonce: ubl0Y_
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix pdb: previously pdb would fail to restart the debugging target if it was
+specified using a relative path and the current directory changed.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42005
+.. date: 2020-10-11-13-48-03
+.. nonce: Jq6Az-
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix CLI of :mod:`cProfile` and :mod:`profile` to catch
+:exc:`BrokenPipeError`.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41604
+.. date: 2020-08-21-15-24-14
+.. nonce: rTXleO
+.. section: Library
+
+Don't decrement the reference count of the previous user_ptr when
+set_panel_userptr fails.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41149
+.. date: 2020-06-28-16-13-02
+.. nonce: jiZWtJ
+.. section: Library
+
+Allow executing callables that have a boolean value of ``False`` when passed
+to :class:`Threading.thread` as the target. Patch contributed by Barney
+Stratford.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 38307
+.. date: 2020-03-16-03-03-21
+.. nonce: 2cmw2i
+.. section: Library
+
+Add an 'end_lineno' attribute to the Class and Function objects that appear
+in the tree returned by pyclbr functions.  This and the existing 'lineno'
+attribute define the extent of class and def statements.  Patch by Aviral
+Srivastava.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 39273
+.. date: 2020-01-13-23-37-58
+.. nonce: m5hzxV
+.. section: Library
+
+The ``BUTTON5_*`` constants are now exposed in the :mod:`curses` module if
+available.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 33289
+.. date: 2018-04-23-13-44-10
+.. nonce: anBnUr
+.. section: Library
+
+Correct call to :mod:`tkinter.colorchooser` to return RGB triplet of ints
+instead of floats.  Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40304
+.. date: 2021-01-20-23-03-49
+.. nonce: -LK7Ps
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Fix doc for type(name, bases, dict).  Patch by Boris Verkhovskiy and Éric
+Araujo.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42811
+.. date: 2021-01-04-22-14-22
+.. nonce: HY2beA
+.. section: Documentation
+
+Updated importlib.utils.resolve_name() doc to use __spec__.parent instead of
+__package__. (Thanks Yair Frid.)
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40823
+.. date: 2020-05-30-13-39-22
+.. nonce: yB7K5w
+.. section: Tests
+
+Use :meth:`unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase` instead of
+:meth:`unittest.makeSuite` in :mod:`sqlite3` tests. Patch by Erlend E.
+Aasland.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 40810
+.. date: 2020-05-30-10-56-38
+.. nonce: LPqDLQ
+.. section: Tests
+
+In :mod:`sqlite3`, fix ``CheckTraceCallbackContent`` for SQLite pre 3.7.15.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43031
+.. date: 2021-01-26-14-48-40
+.. nonce: 44nK9U
+.. section: Build
+
+Pass ``--timeout=$(TESTTIMEOUT)`` option to the default profile task
+``./python -m test --pgo`` command.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 36143
+.. date: 2021-01-18-20-52-06
+.. nonce: kgnIYo
+.. section: Build
+
+``make regen-all`` now also runs ``regen-keyword``. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42874
+.. date: 2021-01-12-10-06-50
+.. nonce: XKK61g
+.. section: Build
+
+Removed the grep -q and -E flags in the tzpath validation section of the
+configure script to better accomodate users of some platforms (specifically
+Solaris 10).
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 31904
+.. date: 2021-01-11-23-26-00
+.. nonce: ty8f3h
+.. section: Build
+
+Add library search path by wr-cc in add_cross_compiling_paths() for VxWorks.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42856
+.. date: 2021-01-07-12-51-38
+.. nonce: n3cMHV
+.. section: Build
+
+Add ``--with-wheel-pkg-dir=PATH`` option to the ``./configure`` script. If
+specified, the :mod:`ensurepip` module looks for ``setuptools`` and ``pip``
+wheel packages in this directory: if both are present, these wheel packages
+are used instead of ensurepip bundled wheel packages.
+
+Some Linux distribution packaging policies recommend against bundling
+dependencies. For example, Fedora installs wheel packages in the
+``/usr/share/python-wheels/`` directory and don't install the
+``ensurepip._bundled`` package.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 41837
+.. date: 2021-01-05-20-36-40
+.. nonce: bmS7vB
+.. section: Windows
+
+Updated Windows installer to include OpenSSL 1.1.1i
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42584
+.. date: 2020-12-07-11-40-52
+.. nonce: AsYnVX
+.. section: Windows
+
+Upgrade Windows installer to use SQLite 3.34.0.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42504
+.. date: 2021-01-26-14-36-11
+.. nonce: ZxWt71
+.. section: macOS
+
+Ensure that the value of
+sysconfig.get_config_var('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET') is always a string,
+even in when the value is parsable as an integer.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43008
+.. date: 2021-01-26-18-12-17
+.. nonce: mbQUc7
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Make IDLE invoke :func:`sys.excepthook` in normal, 2-process mode. Patch by
+Ken Hilton.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 33065
+.. date: 2021-01-10-01-25-43
+.. nonce: zmyHYJ
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Fix problem debugging user classes with __repr__ method.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 23544
+.. date: 2019-11-14-23-41-07
+.. nonce: 3etemb
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Disable Debug=>Stack Viewer when user code is running or Debugger is active,
+to prevent hang or crash.  Patch by Zackery Spytz.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 32631
+.. date: 2019-06-30-20-31-09
+.. nonce: e7_4BG
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Finish zzdummy example extension module: make menu entries work; add
+docstrings and tests with 100% coverage.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 42979
+.. date: 2021-01-28-01-11-59
+.. nonce: JrGkrm
+.. section: C API
+
+When Python is built in debug mode (with C assertions), calling a type slot
+like ``sq_length`` (``__len__()`` in Python) now fails with a fatal error if
+the slot succeeded with an exception set, or failed with no exception set.
+The error message contains the slot, the type name, and the current
+exception (if an exception is set). Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 43030
+.. date: 2021-01-27-10-27-47
+.. nonce: loDcD_
+.. section: C API
+
+Fixed a compiler warning in :c:func:`Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE()` on platforms with
+signed ``wchar_t``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-07-12-51-38.bpo-42856.n3cMHV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-07-12-51-38.bpo-42856.n3cMHV.rst
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Add ``--with-wheel-pkg-dir=PATH`` option to the ``./configure`` script. If
-specified, the :mod:`ensurepip` module looks for ``setuptools`` and ``pip``
-wheel packages in this directory: if both are present, these wheel packages are
-used instead of ensurepip bundled wheel packages.
-
-Some Linux distribution packaging policies recommend against bundling
-dependencies. For example, Fedora installs wheel packages in the
-``/usr/share/python-wheels/`` directory and don't install the
-``ensurepip._bundled`` package.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-11-23-26-00.bpo-31904.ty8f3h.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-11-23-26-00.bpo-31904.ty8f3h.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Add library search path by wr-cc in add_cross_compiling_paths() for VxWorks.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-12-10-06-50.bpo-42874.XKK61g.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-12-10-06-50.bpo-42874.XKK61g.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Removed the grep -q and -E flags in the tzpath validation section of the
-configure script to better accomodate users of some platforms (specifically
-Solaris 10).
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-``make regen-all`` now also runs ``regen-keyword``. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-26-14-48-40.bpo-43031.44nK9U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2021-01-26-14-48-40.bpo-43031.44nK9U.rst
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-Pass ``--timeout=$(TESTTIMEOUT)`` option to the default profile task
-``./python -m test --pgo`` command.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-01-27-10-27-47.bpo-43030.loDcD_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-01-27-10-27-47.bpo-43030.loDcD_.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fixed a compiler warning in :c:func:`Py_UNICODE_ISSPACE()` on platforms with
-signed ``wchar_t``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-01-28-01-11-59.bpo-42979.JrGkrm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2021-01-28-01-11-59.bpo-42979.JrGkrm.rst
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-When Python is built in debug mode (with C assertions), calling a type slot
-like ``sq_length`` (``__len__()`` in Python) now fails with a fatal error if
-the slot succeeded with an exception set, or failed with no exception set. The
-error message contains the slot, the type name, and the current exception (if
-an exception is set). Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-12-20-23-59-23.bpo-27772.idHEcj.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2018-12-20-23-59-23.bpo-27772.idHEcj.rst
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-In string formatting, preceding the *width* field by ``'0'`` no longer
-affects the default alignment for strings.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-10-10-14-16-03.bpo-41994.Xop8sV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-10-10-14-16-03.bpo-41994.Xop8sV.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-10-10-14-16-03.bpo-41994.Xop8sV.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fixed possible leak in ``import`` when ``sys.modules`` is not a ``dict``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-12-20-09-12.bpo-37324.jB-9_U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2020-12-12-20-09-12.bpo-37324.jB-9_U.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Remove deprecated aliases to :ref:`collections-abstract-base-classes` from
-the :mod:`collections` module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-04-18-17-07.bpo-42823.dcSynu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-04-18-17-07.bpo-42823.dcSynu.rst
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-frame.f_lineno is correct even if frame.f_trace is set to True
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-06-17-06-37.bpo-42827.jtRR0D.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-06-17-06-37.bpo-42827.jtRR0D.rst
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-Fix a crash when working out the error line of a :exc:`SyntaxError` in some
-multi-line expressions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-11-17-58-52.bpo-42882.WfTdfg.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-11-17-58-52.bpo-42882.WfTdfg.rst
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-Fix the :c:func:`_PyUnicode_FromId` function (_Py_IDENTIFIER(var) API) when
-:c:func:`Py_Initialize` / :c:func:`Py_Finalize` is called multiple times:
-preserve ``_PyRuntime.unicode_ids.next_index`` value.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-13-14-06-01.bpo-42924._WS1Ok.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-13-14-06-01.bpo-42924._WS1Ok.rst
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-Fix ``bytearray`` repetition incorrectly copying data from the start of the buffer, even if the data is offset within the buffer (e.g. after reassigning a slice at the start of the ``bytearray`` to a shorter byte string).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-14-23-15-34.bpo-42864.QgOAQ1.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-14-23-15-34.bpo-42864.QgOAQ1.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Improve error messages in the parser when parentheses are not closed. Patch
-by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-15-20-05-56.bpo-42927.GI-l-7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-15-20-05-56.bpo-42927.GI-l-7.rst
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-The inline cache for ``LOAD_ATTR`` now also optimizes access to attributes defined by ``__slots__``.

-This makes reading such attribute up to 30% faster.
\ No newline at end of file
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-Syntax errors for unterminated string literals now point to the start
-of the string instead of reporting EOF/EOL.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-20-23-44-15.bpo-42986.sWoaGf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-20-23-44-15.bpo-42986.sWoaGf.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix parser crash when reporting syntax errors in f-string with newlines.
-Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-24-18-02-05.bpo-43017.emEcXX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-24-18-02-05.bpo-43017.emEcXX.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Improve error message in the parser when using un-parenthesised tuples in
-comprehensions. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-24-20-19-55.bpo-42997.QUOPgP.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-24-20-19-55.bpo-42997.QUOPgP.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Improve error message for missing ":" before blocks. Patch by Pablo Galindo.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-29-17-48-44.bpo-38631.jR-3kC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-29-17-48-44.bpo-38631.jR-3kC.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-29-17-48-44.bpo-38631.jR-3kC.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Replace :c:func:`Py_FatalError` calls in the compiler with regular
-:exc:`SystemError` exceptions. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-30-11-31-44.bpo-42990.69h_zK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2021-01-30-11-31-44.bpo-42990.69h_zK.rst
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Refactor the ``PyEval_`` family of functions.
-
-* An new function ``_PyEval_Vector`` is added to simplify calls to Python from C.
-* ``_PyEval_EvalCodeWithName`` is removed
-* ``PyEval_EvalCodeEx`` is retained as part of the API, but is not used internally
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-04-22-14-22.bpo-42811.HY2beA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-04-22-14-22.bpo-42811.HY2beA.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-04-22-14-22.bpo-42811.HY2beA.rst
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@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Updated importlib.utils.resolve_name() doc to use __spec__.parent
-instead of __package__. (Thanks Yair Frid.)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix doc for type(name, bases, dict).  Patch by Boris Verkhovskiy and
-Éric Araujo.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-06-30-20-31-09.bpo-32631.e7_4BG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-06-30-20-31-09.bpo-32631.e7_4BG.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-06-30-20-31-09.bpo-32631.e7_4BG.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Finish zzdummy example extension module: make menu entries work;
-add docstrings and tests with 100% coverage.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-14-23-41-07.bpo-23544.3etemb.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-14-23-41-07.bpo-23544.3etemb.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2019-11-14-23-41-07.bpo-23544.3etemb.rst
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-Disable Debug=>Stack Viewer when user code is running or Debugger
-is active, to prevent hang or crash.  Patch by Zackery Spytz.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2021-01-10-01-25-43.bpo-33065.zmyHYJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2021-01-10-01-25-43.bpo-33065.zmyHYJ.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2021-01-10-01-25-43.bpo-33065.zmyHYJ.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix problem debugging user classes with __repr__ method.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2021-01-26-18-12-17.bpo-43008.mbQUc7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2021-01-26-18-12-17.bpo-43008.mbQUc7.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2021-01-26-18-12-17.bpo-43008.mbQUc7.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Make IDLE invoke :func:`sys.excepthook` in normal, 2-process mode.
-Patch by Ken Hilton.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-04-23-13-44-10.bpo-33289.anBnUr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-04-23-13-44-10.bpo-33289.anBnUr.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-04-23-13-44-10.bpo-33289.anBnUr.rst
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-Correct call to :mod:`tkinter.colorchooser` to return RGB triplet of ints
-instead of floats.  Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-13-23-37-58.bpo-39273.m5hzxV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-13-23-37-58.bpo-39273.m5hzxV.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-01-13-23-37-58.bpo-39273.m5hzxV.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-The ``BUTTON5_*`` constants are now exposed in the :mod:`curses` module if
-available.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-16-03-03-21.bpo-38307.2cmw2i.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-16-03-03-21.bpo-38307.2cmw2i.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-03-16-03-03-21.bpo-38307.2cmw2i.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Add an 'end_lineno' attribute to the Class and Function objects that appear in the

-tree returned by pyclbr functions.  This and the existing 'lineno'

-attribute define the extent of class and def statements.  Patch by Aviral Srivastava.

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-28-16-13-02.bpo-41149.jiZWtJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-28-16-13-02.bpo-41149.jiZWtJ.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Allow executing callables that have a boolean value of ``False`` when passed to :class:`Threading.thread` as the target. Patch contributed by Barney Stratford.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-21-15-24-14.bpo-41604.rTXleO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-21-15-24-14.bpo-41604.rTXleO.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-08-21-15-24-14.bpo-41604.rTXleO.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Don't decrement the reference count of the previous user_ptr when
-set_panel_userptr fails.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-11-13-48-03.bpo-42005.Jq6Az-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-11-13-48-03.bpo-42005.Jq6Az-.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-10-11-13-48-03.bpo-42005.Jq6Az-.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Fix CLI of :mod:`cProfile` and :mod:`profile` to catch
-:exc:`BrokenPipeError`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-14-30-12.bpo-42383.ubl0Y_.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-14-30-12.bpo-42383.ubl0Y_.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-14-30-12.bpo-42383.ubl0Y_.rst
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-Fix pdb: previously pdb would fail to restart the debugging target if it was
-specified using a relative path and the current directory changed.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-14-32-39.bpo-42384.1ZnQSn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-14-32-39.bpo-42384.1ZnQSn.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-11-17-14-32-39.bpo-42384.1ZnQSn.rst
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Make pdb populate sys.path[0] exactly the same as regular python execution.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-30-14-56-25.bpo-24464.vbNVHe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-30-14-56-25.bpo-24464.vbNVHe.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-12-30-14-56-25.bpo-24464.vbNVHe.rst
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-The undocumented built-in function ``sqlite3.enable_shared_cache`` is now
-deprecated, scheduled for removal in Python 3.12.  Its use is strongly
-discouraged by the SQLite3 documentation.  Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-01-15-29-16.bpo-42802.Lw-bzl.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-01-15-29-16.bpo-42802.Lw-bzl.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-01-15-29-16.bpo-42802.Lw-bzl.rst
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@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-The distutils ``bdist_wininst`` command deprecated in Python 3.8 has been
-removed. The distutils ``bidst_wheel`` command is now recommended to
-distribute binary packages on Windows.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-04-15-05-40.bpo-1635741.EOCfZY.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-04-15-05-40.bpo-1635741.EOCfZY.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-04-15-05-40.bpo-1635741.EOCfZY.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Convert the _multibytecodec extension module (CJK codecs) to multi-phase
-initialization (:pep:`489`).  Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-00-52-30.bpo-40810.JxQqPe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-00-52-30.bpo-40810.JxQqPe.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Require SQLite 3.7.15 or newer. Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-21-26-29.bpo-41748.KdC0w3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-21-26-29.bpo-41748.KdC0w3.rst
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+++ /dev/null
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-Fix HTMLParser parsing rules for element attributes containing
-commas with spaces. Patch by Karl Dubost.
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-23-55-24.bpo-42834.LxRnZC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-23-55-24.bpo-42834.LxRnZC.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-05-23-55-24.bpo-42834.LxRnZC.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Make internal caches of the ``_json`` module compatible with subinterpreters.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-07-11-44-22.bpo-42851.uyQFyd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-07-11-44-22.bpo-42851.uyQFyd.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-07-11-44-22.bpo-42851.uyQFyd.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-remove __init_subclass__ support for Enum members
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-07-23-31-17.bpo-42846.kukDjw.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-07-23-31-17.bpo-42846.kukDjw.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-07-23-31-17.bpo-42846.kukDjw.rst
+++ /dev/null
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-Convert the 6 CJK codec extension modules (_codecs_cn, _codecs_hk,
-_codecs_iso2022, _codecs_jp, _codecs_kr and _codecs_tw) to the multiphase
-initialization API (:pep:`489`). Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-08-10-57-21.bpo-42866.Y1DnrO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-08-10-57-21.bpo-42866.Y1DnrO.rst
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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix a reference leak in the ``getcodec()`` function of CJK codecs. Patch by
-Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-08-15-49-20.bpo-42780.rtqi6B.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-08-15-49-20.bpo-42780.rtqi6B.rst
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-Fix os.set_inheritable() for O_PATH file descriptors on Linux.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-11-17-36-59.bpo-42901.gFd-ta.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-11-17-36-59.bpo-42901.gFd-ta.rst
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-[Enum] move member creation from ``EnumMeta.__new__`` to
-``_proto_member.__set_name__``, allowing members to be created and visible
-in ``__init_subclass__``.
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-Removed recursion from :class:`~traceback.TracebackException` to allow it to handle long exception chains.
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-The :c:func:`Py_FatalError` function and the :mod:`faulthandler` module now
-dump the list of extension modules on a fatal error.
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-Added the ``compact`` parameter to the constructor of
-:class:`traceback.TracebackException` to reduce time and memory
-for use cases that only need to call :func:`TracebackException.format`
-and :func:`TracebackException.format_exception_only`.
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-[Enum] Flags consisting of a single bit are now considered canonical, and
-will be the only flags returned from listing and iterating over a Flag class
-or a Flag member.  Multi-bit flags are considered aliases; they will be
-returned from lookups and operations that result in their value.
-Iteration for both Flag and Flag members is in definition order.
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-Add :func:`randbytes` to ``random.__all__``.
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-Use :class:`~traceback.TracebackException`'s new ``compact`` param in
-:class:`~unittest.TestResult` to reduce time and memory consumed by
-traceback formatting.
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-Fix ``random.Random.sample`` when ``counts`` argument is not ``None``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-18-11-59-46.bpo-42955.CSWLC9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-18-11-59-46.bpo-42955.CSWLC9.rst
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-Add :data:`sys.stdlib_module_names`, containing the list of the standard library
-module names. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-20-12-10-47.bpo-42323.PONB8e.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-20-12-10-47.bpo-42323.PONB8e.rst
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-Fix :func:`math.nextafter` for NaN on AIX.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-24-00-37-40.bpo-43014.BVPhEr.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-24-00-37-40.bpo-43014.BVPhEr.rst
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-Improve performance of :mod:`tokenize` by 20-30%.  Patch by Anthony Sottile.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-27-20-49-32.bpo-41282.SEPdV0.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-27-20-49-32.bpo-41282.SEPdV0.rst
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-Deprecate ``distutils`` in documentation and add warning on import.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-30-15-20-06.bpo-43077.Owk61z.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-01-30-15-20-06.bpo-43077.Owk61z.rst
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-Update the bundled pip to 21.0.1 and setuptools to 52.0.0.
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-Fixed a reference leak in the :mod:`curses` module. Patch by Pablo Galindo
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2021-01-18-09-27-31.bpo-42938.4Zn4Mp.rst
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-Avoid static buffers when computing the repr of :class:`ctypes.c_double` and
-:class:`ctypes.c_longdouble` values.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-05-30-10-56-38.bpo-40810.LPqDLQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-05-30-10-56-38.bpo-40810.LPqDLQ.rst
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-In :mod:`sqlite3`, fix ``CheckTraceCallbackContent`` for SQLite pre 3.7.15.
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-Use :meth:`unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase` instead of
-:meth:`unittest.makeSuite` in :mod:`sqlite3` tests. Patch by Erlend E.  Aasland.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-12-07-11-40-52.bpo-42584.AsYnVX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2020-12-07-11-40-52.bpo-42584.AsYnVX.rst
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-Upgrade Windows installer to use SQLite 3.34.0.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-01-05-20-36-40.bpo-41837.bmS7vB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2021-01-05-20-36-40.bpo-41837.bmS7vB.rst
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-Updated Windows installer to include OpenSSL 1.1.1i
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2021-01-26-14-36-11.bpo-42504.ZxWt71.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/macOS/2021-01-26-14-36-11.bpo-42504.ZxWt71.rst
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-Ensure that the value of
-sysconfig.get_config_var('MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET') is always a string,
-even in when the value is parsable as an integer.