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gh-158836: Clarify compound statement structure #158854 [rupayon123] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Summary Clarify that clauses within a statement align, while match statements contain nested case blocks in their...
docs: improve explanation of the `errors` argument of `urllib.parse` functions #125188 [salty-horse] docs python/cpython
Documentation The URL quoting/unquoting functions in urllib.parse all have an errors argument, which is passed on to...
gh-125188: Improve explanation of errors argument in urllib.parse #158915 [CaQtiml] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
I agree with the issue creator that it is better to clarify what errors is, so I point parse_qs, parse_qsl and...
gh-136640: Correct the description of AST location attributes #158039 [v0ropaev] docs awaiting changes skip news python/cpython
Two sentences in the ast.AST block of Doc/library/ast.rst say things that are not true. "Instances of ast.expr and...
Fix the `sys.remote_exec` row in the audit events table #158940 [maurycy] docs skip issue skip news python/cpython
Basically: https://docs.python.org/3.16/library/audit_events.html The sys.remote_exec row shows only pid, while...
gh-148592: Inaccuracies in expression_stmt documentation #148593 [AEErshov] docs awaiting review skip news stale python/cpython
Issue: gh-148592 📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--148593.org.readthedocs.build/
[C API] Add all macros to `Misc/stable_abi.toml` #158886 [vstinner] docs topic-C-API python/cpython
There are multiple macros in the limited C API which are missing in Misc/stable_abi.toml. I propose to add them...
Doc: update abi3t build tool support #158171 [ngoldbaum] docs skip issue skip news python/cpython
Adds links to abi3t docs for meson-python, scikit-build-core, and Maturin. As far as I know, no other build tools...
gh-158911 Docs: Correct and clarify NotImplementedError usage guidelines #158912 [clauspruefer] docs skip news DO-NOT-MERGE python/cpython
Reference (Details) Fixes #158911 Implementation Update the /Doc/builtins/exceptions.rst documentation for...
gh-142349: Update lazy imports C API and sys.flags documentation #158966 [brittanyrey] type-feature docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Replace the PyImport_SetLazyImportsMode() description, which is a duplicate of from...
Wrong NotImplementedError documentation regarding abstract base classes #158911 [clauspruefer] docs pending python/cpython
Documentation Python Versions Python 3.10 / 3.11 / 3.12 / 3.13 / 3.14 / 3.15 / 3.16 beta Description The current...
Add versionadded for typing.Generator defaults #158967 [ivanovkirilg] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
In a project requiring Python >= 3.12, I was baffled by the following error: TypeError: Too few arguments for...
gh-157176: Move blurb for gh-157176 to correct section #158983 [StanFromIreland] docs skip news python/cpython
Issue: gh-157176
Docs: Qualify the lru_cache scalar example with typed=True #158424 [esadomer] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Summary State that the lru_cache example distinguishing Decimal(42) from Fraction(42) uses typed=True. With the...
tar_filter behavior with links outside the destination is not clearly documented #158970 [gpt4omni] docs python/cpython
Bug report The tar extraction filter allows archive members to create hard links or symbolic links that point...
A pair of problems with the introductory section to the "8. Compound statements" chapter. #158836 [JonothorDarry] docs python/cpython
Documentation The beginning of the "8. Compound statements" chapter of the documentation contains: A compound...
gh-158836: Clarify compound statement headers for match and async. #159004 [utam-1] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Description This PR updates the introduction paragraph of compound statements section in the reference...
Doc/library/test.rst still says regrtest calls test_main() #158681 [bazhil] docs python/cpython
Documentation Doc/library/test.rst describes how python -m test runs the regression suite. It says the runner...
Docs: -X disable_remote_debug is spelled with an underscore, but the interpreter only accepts disable-remote-debug #159010 [ArtVsMark] docs python/cpython
Documentation The -X option that disables remote debugging (PEP 768) is documented as -X disable_remote_debug...
Doc/library/tarfile.rst: document that the 'tar' extraction filter does not bound link targets #156026 [drengir1] docs python/cpython
Documentation Documentation Doc/library/tarfile.rst, the "Extraction filters" section — specifically tar_filter and...
gh-156026: document tar filter link targets #156056 [Amandot] docs awaiting merge skip news python/cpython
Summary Document the behavior of the tar extraction filter when handling symbolic-link targets. tar_filter protects...
gh-156026: Document that the 'tar' filter does not bound link targets #158038 [drengir1] docs awaiting review skip news pending python/cpython
Documentation only. No behaviour change. tar_filter does not check TarInfo.linkname, so a symbolic link member whose...
gh-156026: Add warning about link targets to tarfile.tar_filter #159019 [encukou] docs awaiting core review skip news python/cpython
Issue: gh-156026
You don't need to raise NotImplementedError for abstract methods #100400 [Xophmeister] docs python/cpython
Documentation In the documentation for NotImplementedError, we see the following: ...
gh-156866: Document that pack_into() does not guarantee memory access shape #157052 [lazerg] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
struct.pack_into() only documents which bytes end up in the buffer, not how the write happens underneath. On...
Docs: threading says dummy thread objects are never deleted, outdated since 3.13 #159011 [ArtVsMark] docs python/cpython
Documentation Doc/library/threading.rst says about dummy thread objects: They are never deleted, since it is...
gh-159013: Fix LinkFallbackError versionadded #159040 [pahal-desai] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
gh-159013: Fix LinkFallbackError versionadded Summary Fix the versionadded directive for...
Document Flet in macOS, iOS, and Android guides #159003 [FeodorFitsner] docs python/cpython
I'm a maintainer of Flet, an open-source framework for building cross-platform applications in Python. Would you be...
gh-159003: Document Flet in macOS, iOS, and Android guides #159042 [FeodorFitsner] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Add Flet to the third-party tools listed in the macOS GUI guide, iOS guide and README, and Android guide. Include a...
"hashable collections" in the `object.__hash__` documentation is misleading #158798 [dluschan] docs python/cpython
Documentation Documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#object.__hash__ The object.__hash__...
gh-159034: Clarify special method lookup for membership tests #159046 [rohan-patnaik] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
The membership-test description currently reads like a direct instance lookup of contains, which can differ from the...
gh-159011: Update dummy thread lifecycle documentation #159032 [nightcityblade] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Fixes #159011. Summary clarify that dummy thread objects are removed from the active thread list after their alien...
gh-137758: Clarify os.stat_result time fields (since Unix epoch) and add datetime conversion note #137761 [tangyuan0821] docs awaiting merge skip news stale python/cpython
#137758 📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--137761.org.readthedocs.build/ Issue: gh-137758
A minor problem with the section "6.10.2. Membership test operations" from the language reference. #159034 [JonothorDarry] docs pending python/cpython
Documentation The section "6.10.2. Membership test operations" of the language reference contains the following...
Docs: socket.htons() and friends raise ValueError for negative input since 3.14 #159012 [ArtVsMark] docs python/cpython
Documentation Doc/library/socket.rst, htons() (and ntohs()): .. versionchanged:: 3.10 Raises OverflowError if x...
gh-159012: Document socket byte-order conversion errors in Python 3.14 #159047 [vetrovk] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Summary Document the Python 3.14 exception behavior of socket.htons(), socket.ntohs(), socket.htonl(), and...
Docs: tarfile.LinkFallbackError versionadded says 3.15, but it ships in 3.14.0 and 3.9.23+ #159013 [ArtVsMark] docs pending python/cpython
Documentation Doc/library/tarfile.rst: .. exception:: LinkFallbackError ... .. versionadded:: 3.15 But the...
gh-158837: Clarify csv.reader handling of iterables with stripped newlines. #158909 [utam-1] docs awaiting review skip news python/cpython
Description Adds a warning and an example explaining that strings must retain their trailing newlines for quoted...
gh-159010: Fix spelling of -X disable-remote-debug in docs #159014 [abhishekacharya200] docs awaiting merge skip news python/cpython
The docs spell the option as -X disable_remote_debug, but Python/initconfig.c only recognises disable-remote-debug...
gh-142927: Update Tachyon examples #159050 [hugovk] docs skip news python/cpython
To reflect some of the UX and a11y improvements from #142927. Issue: gh-142927
What's New in Python 3.15 (copyediting) #133879 [picnixz] docs 3.15 python/cpython
Documentation This is a meta-issue to capture PRs for copyedits to What's New in Python 3.15. Other...
gh-133879: Announce final release in What's New in Python 3.15 #158256 [hugovk] docs skip news release-blocker 3.15 python/cpython
To merge + backport just before release. Issue: gh-133879
gh-157710: Move docs for mutating PyUnicode to new section #159028 [encukou] type-feature docs skip news python/cpython
This moves documentation of the naughty functions to a new own section under the existing "Deprecated API", to...
Document unpacking in generator expressions (PEP 798) #159061 [rik] docs python/cpython
Documentation The docs added in #143055 do not talk about unpacking in generator expressions. I first noticed it...
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Remove `:author:` from the AC documentation #1919 [StanFromIreland]
See python/cpython#145002 for the background for these changes.
Feature: Add instructions about JIT builds #1620 [devdanzin] type-feature topic-building python
Describe the enhancement or feature you would like The guide should have a section about JIT builds, even if it...
Add Sergey Miryanov to core-team.csv #1920 [encukou]
@sergey-miryanov, one more merge and you're all set :)
Dynamic Analysis with Clang building python make unittest failed #746 [dexterhahaha] type-feature needs: decision topic-test topic-building python
use this way to enable sanitizers make unittest check Sanitizer failed; it use _cflags to check _cflags =...
Feature: Document SELinux bind-mount note for local devcontainer usage #1879 [bowie2211] type-feature
Describe the enhancement or feature you would like When using the CPython devcontainer image on SELinux-enabled...
picnixz: The CLA status still shows pending, so the account holder needs to complete that step before the...
picnixz: @python/organization-owners Please ban this user. This is not the first PR they opened using a bot. TiA!