Merge branch 'main' into warnings_lock

Author: nascheme

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     # reproducible: to get the same tools versions (autoconf, aclocal, ...)
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     container:
-      image: ghcr.io/python/autoconf:2024.11.11.11786316759
+      image: ghcr.io/python/autoconf:2025.01.02.12581854023
     timeout-minutes: 60
     needs: check_source
     if: needs.check_source.outputs.run_tests == 'true'
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         run: echo "IMAGE_VERSION=${ImageVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
       - name: Check Autoconf and aclocal versions
         run: |
-          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71" configure
+          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.72" configure
           grep "aclocal 1.16.5" aclocal.m4
           grep -q "runstatedir" configure
           grep -q "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG" aclocal.m4

.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
   # Run "doctest" on HEAD as new syntax doesn't exist in the latest stable release
   doctest:
     name: 'Doctest'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-dependabot
       - id: check-github-workflows
+      - id: check-readthedocs
 
   - repo: https://github.com/rhysd/actionlint
     rev: v1.7.4

Doc/about.rst

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-=====================
-About these documents
-=====================
+========================
+About this documentation
+========================
 
 
-These documents are generated from `reStructuredText`_ sources by `Sphinx`_, a
-document processor specifically written for the Python documentation.
+Python's documentation is generated from `reStructuredText`_ sources
+using `Sphinx`_, a documentation generator originally created for Python
+and now maintained as an independent project.
 
 .. _reStructuredText: https://docutils.sourceforge.io/rst.html
 .. _Sphinx: https://www.sphinx-doc.org/
@@ -20,14 +21,14 @@ volunteers are always welcome!
 Many thanks go to:
 
 * Fred L. Drake, Jr., the creator of the original Python documentation toolset
-  and writer of much of the content;
+  and author of much of the content;
 * the `Docutils <https://docutils.sourceforge.io/>`_ project for creating
   reStructuredText and the Docutils suite;
 * Fredrik Lundh for his Alternative Python Reference project from which Sphinx
   got many good ideas.
 
 
-Contributors to the Python Documentation
+Contributors to the Python documentation
 ----------------------------------------
 
 Many people have contributed to the Python language, the Python standard

Doc/c-api/arg.rst

@@ -229,12 +229,24 @@ There are three ways strings and buffers can be converted to C:
 Numbers
 -------
 
+These formats allow representing Python numbers or single characters as C numbers.
+Formats that require :class:`int`, :class:`float` or :class:`complex` can
+also use the corresponding special methods :meth:`~object.__index__`,
+:meth:`~object.__float__` or :meth:`~object.__complex__` to convert
+the Python object to the required type.
+
+For signed integer formats, :exc:`OverflowError` is raised if the value
+is out of range for the C type.
+For unsigned integer formats, no range checking is done --- the
+most significant bits are silently truncated when the receiving field is too
+small to receive the value.
+
 ``b`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned char]
-   Convert a nonnegative Python integer to an unsigned tiny int, stored in a C
+   Convert a nonnegative Python integer to an unsigned tiny integer, stored in a C
    :c:expr:`unsigned char`.
 
 ``B`` (:class:`int`) [unsigned char]
-   Convert a Python integer to a tiny int without overflow checking, stored in a C
+   Convert a Python integer to a tiny integer without overflow checking, stored in a C
    :c:expr:`unsigned char`.
 
 ``h`` (:class:`int`) [short int]
@@ -307,7 +319,7 @@ Other objects
 
 .. _o_ampersand:
 
-``O&`` (object) [*converter*, *anything*]
+``O&`` (object) [*converter*, *address*]
    Convert a Python object to a C variable through a *converter* function.  This
    takes two arguments: the first is a function, the second is the address of a C
    variable (of arbitrary type), converted to :c:expr:`void *`.  The *converter*
@@ -321,14 +333,20 @@ Other objects
    the conversion has failed.  When the conversion fails, the *converter* function
    should raise an exception and leave the content of *address* unmodified.
 
-   If the *converter* returns ``Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED``, it may get called a
+   .. c:macro:: Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED
+      :no-typesetting:
+
+   If the *converter* returns :c:macro:`!Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED`, it may get called a
    second time if the argument parsing eventually fails, giving the converter a
    chance to release any memory that it had already allocated. In this second
    call, the *object* parameter will be ``NULL``; *address* will have the same value
    as in the original call.
 
+   Examples of converters: :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter` and
+   :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder`.
+
    .. versionchanged:: 3.1
-      ``Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED`` was added.
+      :c:macro:`!Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED` was added.
 
 ``p`` (:class:`bool`) [int]
    Tests the value passed in for truth (a boolean **p**\ redicate) and converts
@@ -344,12 +362,6 @@ Other objects
    in *items*.  The C arguments must correspond to the individual format units in
    *items*.  Format units for sequences may be nested.
 
-It is possible to pass "long" integers (integers whose value exceeds the
-platform's :c:macro:`LONG_MAX`) however no proper range checking is done --- the
-most significant bits are silently truncated when the receiving field is too
-small to receive the value (actually, the semantics are inherited from downcasts
-in C --- your mileage may vary).
-
 A few other characters have a meaning in a format string.  These may not occur
 inside nested parentheses.  They are:
 

Doc/c-api/object.rst

@@ -493,6 +493,13 @@ Object Protocol
    on failure.  This is equivalent to the Python statement ``del o[key]``.
 
 
+.. c:function:: int PyObject_DelItemString(PyObject *o, const char *key)
+
+   This is the same as :c:func:`PyObject_DelItem`, but *key* is
+   specified as a :c:expr:`const char*` UTF-8 encoded bytes string,
+   rather than a :c:expr:`PyObject*`.
+
+
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_Dir(PyObject *o)
 
    This is equivalent to the Python expression ``dir(o)``, returning a (possibly

Doc/c-api/sys.rst

@@ -216,6 +216,38 @@ Operating System Utilities
       The function now uses the UTF-8 encoding on Windows if
       :c:member:`PyPreConfig.legacy_windows_fs_encoding` is zero.
 
+.. c:function:: FILE* Py_fopen(PyObject *path, const char *mode)
+
+   Similar to :c:func:`!fopen`, but *path* is a Python object and
+   an exception is set on error.
+
+   *path* must be a :class:`str` object, a :class:`bytes` object,
+   or a :term:`path-like object`.
+
+   On success, return the new file pointer.
+   On error, set an exception and return ``NULL``.
+
+   The file must be closed by :c:func:`Py_fclose` rather than calling directly
+   :c:func:`!fclose`.
+
+   The file descriptor is created non-inheritable (:pep:`446`).
+
+   The caller must hold the GIL.
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
+
+.. c:function:: int Py_fclose(FILE *file)
+
+   Close a file that was opened by :c:func:`Py_fopen`.
+
+   On success, return ``0``.
+   On error, return ``EOF`` and ``errno`` is set to indicate the error.
+   In either case, any further access (including another call to
+   :c:func:`Py_fclose`) to the stream results in undefined behavior.
+
+   .. versionadded:: next
+
 
 .. _systemfunctions:
 

Doc/c-api/unicode.rst

@@ -786,33 +786,52 @@ Functions encoding to and decoding from the :term:`filesystem encoding and
 error handler` (:pep:`383` and :pep:`529`).
 
 To encode file names to :class:`bytes` during argument parsing, the ``"O&"``
-converter should be used, passing :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSConverter` as the
+converter should be used, passing :c:func:`!PyUnicode_FSConverter` as the
 conversion function:
 
 .. c:function:: int PyUnicode_FSConverter(PyObject* obj, void* result)
 
-   ParseTuple converter: encode :class:`str` objects -- obtained directly or
+   :ref:`PyArg_Parse\* converter <arg-parsing>`: encode :class:`str` objects -- obtained directly or
    through the :class:`os.PathLike` interface -- to :class:`bytes` using
    :c:func:`PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault`; :class:`bytes` objects are output as-is.
-   *result* must be a :c:expr:`PyBytesObject*` which must be released when it is
-   no longer used.
+   *result* must be an address of a C variable of type :c:expr:`PyObject*`
+   (or :c:expr:`PyBytesObject*`).
+   On success, set the variable to a new :term:`strong reference` to
+   a :ref:`bytes object <bytesobjects>` which must be released
+   when it is no longer used and return a non-zero value
+   (:c:macro:`Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED`).
+   Embedded null bytes are not allowed in the result.
+   On failure, return ``0`` with an exception set.
+
+   If *obj* is ``NULL``, the function releases a strong reference
+   stored in the variable referred by *result* and returns ``1``.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.1
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.6
       Accepts a :term:`path-like object`.
 
 To decode file names to :class:`str` during argument parsing, the ``"O&"``
-converter should be used, passing :c:func:`PyUnicode_FSDecoder` as the
+converter should be used, passing :c:func:`!PyUnicode_FSDecoder` as the
 conversion function:
 
 .. c:function:: int PyUnicode_FSDecoder(PyObject* obj, void* result)
 
-   ParseTuple converter: decode :class:`bytes` objects -- obtained either
+   :ref:`PyArg_Parse\* converter <arg-parsing>`: decode :class:`bytes` objects -- obtained either
    directly or indirectly through the :class:`os.PathLike` interface -- to
    :class:`str` using :c:func:`PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefaultAndSize`; :class:`str`
-   objects are output as-is. *result* must be a :c:expr:`PyUnicodeObject*` which
-   must be released when it is no longer used.
+   objects are output as-is.
+   *result* must be an address of a C variable of type :c:expr:`PyObject*`
+   (or :c:expr:`PyUnicodeObject*`).
+   On success, set the variable to a new :term:`strong reference` to
+   a :ref:`Unicode object <unicodeobjects>` which must be released
+   when it is no longer used and return a non-zero value
+   (:c:macro:`Py_CLEANUP_SUPPORTED`).
+   Embedded null characters are not allowed in the result.
+   On failure, return ``0`` with an exception set.
+
+   If *obj* is ``NULL``, release the strong reference
+   to the object referred to by *result* and return ``1``.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.2
 

Doc/conf.py

@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@
 
 # Create table of contents entries for domain objects (e.g. functions, classes,
 # attributes, etc.). Default is True.
-toc_object_entries = True
-# Hide parents to tidy up long entries in sidebar
-toc_object_entries_show_parents = 'hide'
+toc_object_entries = False
 
 # Ignore any .rst files in the includes/ directory;
 # they're embedded in pages but not rendered as individual pages.

Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.16.rst

@@ -79,3 +79,8 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.16
 
   * The undocumented and unused :attr:`!TarFile.tarfile` attribute
     has been deprecated since Python 3.13.
+
+* :mod:`functools`:
+
+  * Calling the Python implementation of :func:`functools.reduce` with *function*
+    or *sequence* as keyword arguments has been deprecated since Python 3.14.