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Add credits to What's New in Python 3.8 (GH-13776)

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* Credit myself and others.
* Complete asyncio changes.
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@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ asyncio
------- -------
On Windows, the default event loop is now :class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop`. On Windows, the default event loop is now :class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop`.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`34687`.)
:class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop` now also supports UDP.
(Contributed by Adam Meily and Andrew Svetlov in :issue:`29883`.)
:class:`~asyncio.ProactorEventLoop` can now be interrupted by
:exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` ("CTRL+C").
(Contributed by Vladimir Matveev in :issue:`23057`.)
builtins builtins
-------- --------
@ -672,6 +681,7 @@ how "unraisable exceptions" are handled. It is called when an exception has
occurred but there is no way for Python to handle it. For example, when a occurred but there is no way for Python to handle it. For example, when a
destructor raises an exception or during garbage collection destructor raises an exception or during garbage collection
(:func:`gc.collect`). (:func:`gc.collect`).
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`36829`.)
tarfile tarfile
@ -740,7 +750,7 @@ unicodedata
unittest unittest
-------- --------
* XXX Added :class:`AsyncMock` to support an asynchronous version of :class:`Mock`. * Added :class:`AsyncMock` to support an asynchronous version of :class:`Mock`.
Appropriate new assert functions for testing have been added as well. Appropriate new assert functions for testing have been added as well.
(Contributed by Lisa Roach in :issue:`26467`). (Contributed by Lisa Roach in :issue:`26467`).
@ -801,6 +811,8 @@ Optimizations
are not set; are not set;
* the *executable* path contains a directory. * the *executable* path contains a directory.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye and Victor Stinner in :issue:`35537`.)
* :func:`shutil.copyfile`, :func:`shutil.copy`, :func:`shutil.copy2`, * :func:`shutil.copyfile`, :func:`shutil.copy`, :func:`shutil.copy2`,
:func:`shutil.copytree` and :func:`shutil.move` use platform-specific :func:`shutil.copytree` and :func:`shutil.move` use platform-specific
"fast-copy" syscalls on Linux and macOS in order to copy the file "fast-copy" syscalls on Linux and macOS in order to copy the file
@ -1006,10 +1018,12 @@ The following features and APIs have been removed from Python 3.8:
* The function :func:`platform.popen` has been removed, it was deprecated since * The function :func:`platform.popen` has been removed, it was deprecated since
Python 3.3: use :func:`os.popen` instead. Python 3.3: use :func:`os.popen` instead.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`35345`.)
* The function :func:`time.clock` has been removed, it was deprecated since Python * The function :func:`time.clock` has been removed, it was deprecated since Python
3.3: use :func:`time.perf_counter` or :func:`time.process_time` instead, depending 3.3: use :func:`time.perf_counter` or :func:`time.process_time` instead, depending
on your requirements, to have a well defined behavior. on your requirements, to have a well defined behavior.
(Contributed by Matthias Bussonnier in :issue:`36895`.)
* The ``pyvenv`` script has been removed in favor of ``python3.8 -m venv`` * The ``pyvenv`` script has been removed in favor of ``python3.8 -m venv``
to help eliminate confusion as to what Python interpreter the ``pyvenv`` to help eliminate confusion as to what Python interpreter the ``pyvenv``
@ -1100,12 +1114,14 @@ Changes in the Python API
Emulation, Popen constructor using :func:`os.posix_spawn` no longer raise an Emulation, Popen constructor using :func:`os.posix_spawn` no longer raise an
exception on errors like missing program, but the child process fails with a exception on errors like missing program, but the child process fails with a
non-zero :attr:`~Popen.returncode`. non-zero :attr:`~Popen.returncode`.
(Contributed by Joannah Nanjekye and Victor Stinner in :issue:`35537`.)
* The :meth:`imap.IMAP4.logout` method no longer ignores silently arbitrary * The :meth:`imap.IMAP4.logout` method no longer ignores silently arbitrary
exceptions. exceptions.
* The function :func:`platform.popen` has been removed, it was deprecated since * The function :func:`platform.popen` has been removed, it was deprecated since
Python 3.3: use :func:`os.popen` instead. Python 3.3: use :func:`os.popen` instead.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`35345`.)
* The :func:`statistics.mode` function no longer raises an exception * The :func:`statistics.mode` function no longer raises an exception
when given multimodal data. Instead, it returns the first mode when given multimodal data. Instead, it returns the first mode
@ -1232,6 +1248,7 @@ Changes in the C API
``RTLD_LOCAL``, it was already not possible to load C extensions which ``RTLD_LOCAL``, it was already not possible to load C extensions which
were not linked to ``libpython``, like C extensions of the standard were not linked to ``libpython``, like C extensions of the standard
library built by the ``*shared*`` section of ``Modules/Setup``. library built by the ``*shared*`` section of ``Modules/Setup``.
(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`21536`.)
* Use of ``#`` variants of formats in parsing or building value (e.g. * Use of ``#`` variants of formats in parsing or building value (e.g.
:c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple`, :c:func:`Py_BuildValue`, :c:func:`PyObject_CallFunction`, :c:func:`PyArg_ParseTuple`, :c:func:`Py_BuildValue`, :c:func:`PyObject_CallFunction`,