gh-123299: Copy-edit the 3.14 What's New

Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst

@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ Other Language Changes
   ``python -O -c 'assert (__debug__ := 1)'`` now produces a
   :exc:`SyntaxError`. (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`122245`.)
 
-* Added class methods :meth:`float.from_number` and :meth:`complex.from_number`
+* Add class methods :meth:`float.from_number` and :meth:`complex.from_number`
   to convert a number to :class:`float` or :class:`complex` type correspondingly.
   They raise an error if the argument is a string.
   (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`84978`.)
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ Improved Modules
 ast
 ---
 
-* Added :func:`ast.compare` for comparing two ASTs.
+* Add :func:`ast.compare` for comparing two ASTs.
   (Contributed by Batuhan Taskaya and Jeremy Hylton in :issue:`15987`.)
 
 * Add support for :func:`copy.replace` for AST nodes.
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ ast
 * Docstrings are now removed from an optimized AST in optimization level 2.
   (Contributed by Irit Katriel in :gh:`123958`.)
 
+* The ``repr()`` output for AST nodes now includes more information.
+  (Contributed by Tomas R in :gh:`116022`.)
+
 
 ctypes
 ------
@@ -233,9 +236,9 @@ ctypes
 dis
 ---
 
-* Added support for rendering full source location information of
+* Add support for rendering full source location information of
   :class:`instructions <dis.Instruction>`, rather than only the line number.
-  This feature is added to the following interfaces via the ``show_positions``
+  This feature is added to the following interfaces via the *show_positions*
   keyword argument:
 
   - :class:`dis.Bytecode`,
@@ -250,15 +253,15 @@ dis
 fractions
 ---------
 
-Added support for converting any objects that have the
-:meth:`!as_integer_ratio` method to a :class:`~fractions.Fraction`.
-(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`82017`.)
+* Add support for converting any objects that have the
+  :meth:`!as_integer_ratio` method to a :class:`~fractions.Fraction`.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`82017`.)
 
 
 functools
 ---------
 
-* Added support to :func:`functools.partial` and
+* Add support to :func:`functools.partial` and
   :func:`functools.partialmethod` for :data:`functools.Placeholder` sentinels
   to reserve a place for positional arguments.
   (Contributed by Dominykas Grigonis in :gh:`119127`.)
@@ -267,27 +270,27 @@ functools
 http
 ----
 
-Directory lists and error pages generated by the :mod:`http.server`
-module allow the browser to apply its default dark mode.
-(Contributed by Yorik Hansen in :gh:`123430`.)
+* Directory lists and error pages generated by the :mod:`http.server`
+  module allow the browser to apply its default dark mode.
+  (Contributed by Yorik Hansen in :gh:`123430`.)
 
 
 json
 ----
 
-Add notes for JSON serialization errors that allow to identify the source
-of the error.
-(Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`122163`.)
+* Add notes for JSON serialization errors that allow to identify the source
+  of the error.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`122163`.)
 
-Enable :mod:`json` module to work as a script using the :option:`-m` switch: ``python -m json``.
-See the :ref:`JSON command-line interface <json-commandline>` documentation.
-(Contributed by Trey Hunner in :gh:`122873`.)
+* Enable the :mod:`json` module to work as a script using the :option:`-m` switch: ``python -m json``.
+  See the :ref:`JSON command-line interface <json-commandline>` documentation.
+  (Contributed by Trey Hunner in :gh:`122873`.)
 
 
 operator
 --------
 
-* Two new functions ``operator.is_none`` and ``operator.is_not_none``
+* Two new functions :func:`operator.is_none` and :func:`operator.is_not_none`
   have been added, such that ``operator.is_none(obj)`` is equivalent
   to ``obj is None`` and ``operator.is_not_none(obj)`` is equivalent
   to ``obj is not None``.
@@ -297,13 +300,13 @@ operator
 datetime
 --------
 
-Add :meth:`datetime.time.strptime` and :meth:`datetime.date.strptime`.
-(Contributed by Wannes Boeykens in :gh:`41431`.)
+* Add :meth:`datetime.time.strptime` and :meth:`datetime.date.strptime`.
+  (Contributed by Wannes Boeykens in :gh:`41431`.)
 
 os
 --
 
-* Added the :data:`os.environ.refresh() <os.environ>` method to update
+* Add the :data:`os.environ.refresh() <os.environ>` method to update
   :data:`os.environ` with changes to the environment made by :func:`os.putenv`,
   by :func:`os.unsetenv`, or made outside Python in the same process.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`120057`.)
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ pdb
   :pdbcmd:`commands` are preserved across hard-coded breakpoints.
   (Contributed by Tian Gao in :gh:`121450`.)
 
-* Added a new argument ``mode`` to :class:`pdb.Pdb`. Disabled ``restart``
+* Add a new argument *mode* to :class:`pdb.Pdb`. Disable the ``restart``
   command when :mod:`pdb` is in ``inline`` mode.
   (Contributed by Tian Gao in :gh:`123757`.)
 
@@ -437,7 +440,7 @@ ast
   user-defined ``visit_Num``, ``visit_Str``, ``visit_Bytes``,
   ``visit_NameConstant`` and ``visit_Ellipsis`` methods on custom
   :class:`ast.NodeVisitor` subclasses will no longer be called when the
-  ``NodeVisitor`` subclass is visiting an AST. Define a ``visit_Constant``
+  :class:`!NodeVisitor` subclass is visiting an AST. Define a ``visit_Constant``
   method instead.
 
   Also, remove the following deprecated properties on :class:`ast.Constant`,