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authorThomas Wouters <thomas@python.org>2024-10-01 04:01:22 +0200
committerThomas Wouters <thomas@python.org>2024-10-01 04:05:46 +0200
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diff --git a/Include/patchlevel.h b/Include/patchlevel.h
index e2a0d8db2d2..4f0c8fb1aa4 100644
--- a/Include/patchlevel.h
+++ b/Include/patchlevel.h
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
/*--start constants--*/
#define PY_MAJOR_VERSION 3
#define PY_MINOR_VERSION 12
-#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 6
+#define PY_MICRO_VERSION 7
#define PY_RELEASE_LEVEL PY_RELEASE_LEVEL_FINAL
#define PY_RELEASE_SERIAL 0
/* Version as a string */
-#define PY_VERSION "3.12.6+"
+#define PY_VERSION "3.12.7"
/*--end constants--*/
/* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.
diff --git a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
index 8113889a1f6..b5464cb4d04 100644
--- a/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Fri Sep 6 21:00:45 2024
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Tue Oct 1 04:02:04 2024
# as part of the release process.
topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'**********************\n'
@@ -1094,11 +1094,13 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'to the class\n'
' where it is defined. *__slots__* declared in parents '
'are available\n'
- ' in child classes. However, child subclasses will get a '
- '"__dict__"\n'
- ' and *__weakref__* unless they also define *__slots__* '
- '(which should\n'
- ' only contain names of any *additional* slots).\n'
+ ' in child classes. However, instances of a child '
+ 'subclass will get a\n'
+ ' "__dict__" and *__weakref__* unless the subclass also '
+ 'defines\n'
+ ' *__slots__* (which should only contain names of any '
+ '*additional*\n'
+ ' slots).\n'
'\n'
'* If a class defines a slot also defined in a base '
'class, the instance\n'
@@ -3571,10 +3573,12 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
' parameter_list_no_posonly ::= defparameter ("," '
'defparameter)* ["," [parameter_list_starargs]]\n'
' | parameter_list_starargs\n'
- ' parameter_list_starargs ::= "*" [parameter] ("," '
+ ' parameter_list_starargs ::= "*" [star_parameter] ("," '
'defparameter)* ["," ["**" parameter [","]]]\n'
' | "**" parameter [","]\n'
' parameter ::= identifier [":" expression]\n'
+ ' star_parameter ::= identifier [":" ["*"] '
+ 'expression]\n'
' defparameter ::= parameter ["=" expression]\n'
' funcname ::= identifier\n'
'\n'
@@ -3702,27 +3706,31 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'expression"”\n'
'following the parameter name. Any parameter may have an '
'annotation,\n'
- 'even those of the form "*identifier" or "**identifier". '
- 'Functions may\n'
- 'have “return” annotation of the form “"-> expression"” after '
- 'the\n'
- 'parameter list. These annotations can be any valid Python '
- 'expression.\n'
- 'The presence of annotations does not change the semantics of a\n'
- 'function. The annotation values are available as values of a\n'
- 'dictionary keyed by the parameters’ names in the '
- '"__annotations__"\n'
- 'attribute of the function object. If the "annotations" import '
- 'from\n'
- '"__future__" is used, annotations are preserved as strings at '
- 'runtime\n'
- 'which enables postponed evaluation. Otherwise, they are '
- 'evaluated\n'
- 'when the function definition is executed. In this case '
- 'annotations\n'
- 'may be evaluated in a different order than they appear in the '
- 'source\n'
- 'code.\n'
+ 'even those of the form "*identifier" or "**identifier". (As a '
+ 'special\n'
+ 'case, parameters of the form "*identifier" may have an '
+ 'annotation “":\n'
+ '*expression"”.) Functions may have “return” annotation of the '
+ 'form\n'
+ '“"-> expression"” after the parameter list. These annotations '
+ 'can be\n'
+ 'any valid Python expression. The presence of annotations does '
+ 'not\n'
+ 'change the semantics of a function. The annotation values are\n'
+ 'available as values of a dictionary keyed by the parameters’ '
+ 'names in\n'
+ 'the "__annotations__" attribute of the function object. If the\n'
+ '"annotations" import from "__future__" is used, annotations are\n'
+ 'preserved as strings at runtime which enables postponed '
+ 'evaluation.\n'
+ 'Otherwise, they are evaluated when the function definition is\n'
+ 'executed. In this case annotations may be evaluated in a '
+ 'different\n'
+ 'order than they appear in the source code.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Changed in version 3.11: Parameters of the form “"*identifier"” '
+ 'may\n'
+ 'have an annotation “": *expression"”. See **PEP 646**.\n'
'\n'
'It is also possible to create anonymous functions (functions not '
'bound\n'
@@ -6231,11 +6239,11 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
'* While annotation scopes have an internal name, that name is '
'not\n'
- ' reflected in the *__qualname__* of objects defined within the '
- 'scope.\n'
- ' Instead, the "__qualname__" of such objects is as if the '
- 'object were\n'
- ' defined in the enclosing scope.\n'
+ ' reflected in the *qualified name* of objects defined within '
+ 'the\n'
+ ' scope. Instead, the "__qualname__" of such objects is as if '
+ 'the\n'
+ ' object were defined in the enclosing scope.\n'
'\n'
'Added in version 3.12: Annotation scopes were introduced in '
'Python\n'
@@ -6433,12 +6441,17 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'exprlists': 'Expression lists\n'
'****************\n'
'\n'
- ' expression_list ::= expression ("," expression)* [","]\n'
- ' starred_list ::= starred_item ("," starred_item)* '
+ ' starred_expression ::= ["*"] or_expr\n'
+ ' flexible_expression ::= assignment_expression | '
+ 'starred_expression\n'
+ ' flexible_expression_list ::= flexible_expression ("," '
+ 'flexible_expression)* [","]\n'
+ ' starred_expression_list ::= starred_expression ("," '
+ 'starred_expression)* [","]\n'
+ ' expression_list ::= expression ("," expression)* '
'[","]\n'
- ' starred_expression ::= expression | (starred_item ",")* '
- '[starred_item]\n'
- ' starred_item ::= assignment_expression | "*" or_expr\n'
+ ' yield_list ::= expression_list | '
+ 'starred_expression "," [starred_expression_list]\n'
'\n'
'Except when part of a list or set display, an expression list\n'
'containing at least one comma yields a tuple. The length of '
@@ -6457,6 +6470,10 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'Added in version 3.5: Iterable unpacking in expression lists,\n'
'originally proposed by **PEP 448**.\n'
'\n'
+ 'Added in version 3.11: Any item in an expression list may be '
+ 'starred.\n'
+ 'See **PEP 646**.\n'
+ '\n'
'A trailing comma is required only to create a one-item tuple, '
'such as\n'
'"1,"; it is optional in all other cases. A single expression '
@@ -7142,18 +7159,22 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'percent sign. |\n'
' '
'+-----------+------------------------------------------------------------+\n'
- ' | None | For "float" this is the same as "\'g\'", '
- 'except that when |\n'
- ' | | fixed-point notation is used to format the '
- 'result, it |\n'
+ ' | None | For "float" this is like the "\'g\'" type, '
+ 'except that when |\n'
+ ' | | fixed- point notation is used to format '
+ 'the result, it |\n'
' | | always includes at least one digit past '
- 'the decimal point. |\n'
- ' | | The precision used is as large as needed '
- 'to represent the |\n'
- ' | | given value faithfully. For "Decimal", '
- 'this is the same |\n'
- ' | | as either "\'g\'" or "\'G\'" depending on '
- 'the value of |\n'
+ 'the decimal point, |\n'
+ ' | | and switches to the scientific notation '
+ 'when "exp >= p - |\n'
+ ' | | 1". When the precision is not specified, '
+ 'the latter will |\n'
+ ' | | be as large as needed to represent the '
+ 'given value |\n'
+ ' | | faithfully. For "Decimal", this is the '
+ 'same as either |\n'
+ ' | | "\'g\'" or "\'G\'" depending on the value '
+ 'of |\n'
' | | "context.capitals" for the current decimal '
'context. The |\n'
' | | overall effect is to match the output of '
@@ -7343,10 +7364,12 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
' parameter_list_no_posonly ::= defparameter ("," '
'defparameter)* ["," [parameter_list_starargs]]\n'
' | parameter_list_starargs\n'
- ' parameter_list_starargs ::= "*" [parameter] ("," '
+ ' parameter_list_starargs ::= "*" [star_parameter] ("," '
'defparameter)* ["," ["**" parameter [","]]]\n'
' | "**" parameter [","]\n'
' parameter ::= identifier [":" expression]\n'
+ ' star_parameter ::= identifier [":" ["*"] '
+ 'expression]\n'
' defparameter ::= parameter ["=" expression]\n'
' funcname ::= identifier\n'
'\n'
@@ -7474,27 +7497,31 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'expression"”\n'
'following the parameter name. Any parameter may have an '
'annotation,\n'
- 'even those of the form "*identifier" or "**identifier". '
- 'Functions may\n'
- 'have “return” annotation of the form “"-> expression"” after '
- 'the\n'
- 'parameter list. These annotations can be any valid Python '
- 'expression.\n'
- 'The presence of annotations does not change the semantics of a\n'
- 'function. The annotation values are available as values of a\n'
- 'dictionary keyed by the parameters’ names in the '
- '"__annotations__"\n'
- 'attribute of the function object. If the "annotations" import '
- 'from\n'
- '"__future__" is used, annotations are preserved as strings at '
- 'runtime\n'
- 'which enables postponed evaluation. Otherwise, they are '
- 'evaluated\n'
- 'when the function definition is executed. In this case '
- 'annotations\n'
- 'may be evaluated in a different order than they appear in the '
- 'source\n'
- 'code.\n'
+ 'even those of the form "*identifier" or "**identifier". (As a '
+ 'special\n'
+ 'case, parameters of the form "*identifier" may have an '
+ 'annotation “":\n'
+ '*expression"”.) Functions may have “return” annotation of the '
+ 'form\n'
+ '“"-> expression"” after the parameter list. These annotations '
+ 'can be\n'
+ 'any valid Python expression. The presence of annotations does '
+ 'not\n'
+ 'change the semantics of a function. The annotation values are\n'
+ 'available as values of a dictionary keyed by the parameters’ '
+ 'names in\n'
+ 'the "__annotations__" attribute of the function object. If the\n'
+ '"annotations" import from "__future__" is used, annotations are\n'
+ 'preserved as strings at runtime which enables postponed '
+ 'evaluation.\n'
+ 'Otherwise, they are evaluated when the function definition is\n'
+ 'executed. In this case annotations may be evaluated in a '
+ 'different\n'
+ 'order than they appear in the source code.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Changed in version 3.11: Parameters of the form “"*identifier"” '
+ 'may\n'
+ 'have an annotation “": *expression"”. See **PEP 646**.\n'
'\n'
'It is also possible to create anonymous functions (functions not '
'bound\n'
@@ -8250,7 +8277,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'in\n'
'square brackets:\n'
'\n'
- ' list_display ::= "[" [starred_list | comprehension] "]"\n'
+ ' list_display ::= "[" [flexible_expression_list | comprehension] '
+ '"]"\n'
'\n'
'A list display yields a new list object, the contents being '
'specified\n'
@@ -8501,11 +8529,9 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
' can introduce new names.\n'
'\n'
'* While annotation scopes have an internal name, that name is not\n'
- ' reflected in the *__qualname__* of objects defined within the '
- 'scope.\n'
- ' Instead, the "__qualname__" of such objects is as if the object '
- 'were\n'
- ' defined in the enclosing scope.\n'
+ ' reflected in the *qualified name* of objects defined within the\n'
+ ' scope. Instead, the "__qualname__" of such objects is as if the\n'
+ ' object were defined in the enclosing scope.\n'
'\n'
'Added in version 3.12: Annotation scopes were introduced in '
'Python\n'
@@ -9721,20 +9747,6 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'not reported\n'
'by the "dir()" built-in function.\n'
'\n'
- 'object.__dict__\n'
- '\n'
- ' A dictionary or other mapping object used to store an '
- 'object’s\n'
- ' (writable) attributes.\n'
- '\n'
- 'instance.__class__\n'
- '\n'
- ' The class to which a class instance belongs.\n'
- '\n'
- 'class.__bases__\n'
- '\n'
- ' The tuple of base classes of a class object.\n'
- '\n'
'definition.__name__\n'
'\n'
' The name of the class, function, method, descriptor, or '
@@ -9749,39 +9761,26 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'\n'
' Added in version 3.3.\n'
'\n'
- 'definition.__type_params__\n'
- '\n'
- ' The type parameters of generic classes, functions, and '
- 'type\n'
- ' aliases.\n'
- '\n'
- ' Added in version 3.12.\n'
- '\n'
- 'class.__mro__\n'
+ 'definition.__module__\n'
'\n'
- ' This attribute is a tuple of classes that are considered '
- 'when\n'
- ' looking for base classes during method resolution.\n'
+ ' The name of the module in which a class or function was '
+ 'defined.\n'
'\n'
- 'class.mro()\n'
+ 'definition.__doc__\n'
'\n'
- ' This method can be overridden by a metaclass to customize '
- 'the\n'
- ' method resolution order for its instances. It is called '
- 'at class\n'
- ' instantiation, and its result is stored in "__mro__".\n'
+ ' The documentation string of a class or function, or '
+ '"None" if\n'
+ ' undefined.\n'
'\n'
- 'class.__subclasses__()\n'
+ 'definition.__type_params__\n'
'\n'
- ' Each class keeps a list of weak references to its '
- 'immediate\n'
- ' subclasses. This method returns a list of all those '
- 'references\n'
- ' still alive. The list is in definition order. Example:\n'
+ ' The type parameters of generic classes, functions, and '
+ 'type\n'
+ ' aliases. For classes and functions that are not generic, '
+ 'this will\n'
+ ' be an empty tuple.\n'
'\n'
- ' >>> int.__subclasses__()\n'
- " [<class 'bool'>, <enum 'IntEnum'>, <flag 'IntFlag'>, "
- "<class 're._constants._NamedIntConstant'>]\n",
+ ' Added in version 3.12.\n',
'specialnames': 'Special method names\n'
'********************\n'
'\n'
@@ -10727,11 +10726,13 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'the class\n'
' where it is defined. *__slots__* declared in parents are '
'available\n'
- ' in child classes. However, child subclasses will get a '
- '"__dict__"\n'
- ' and *__weakref__* unless they also define *__slots__* '
- '(which should\n'
- ' only contain names of any *additional* slots).\n'
+ ' in child classes. However, instances of a child subclass '
+ 'will get a\n'
+ ' "__dict__" and *__weakref__* unless the subclass also '
+ 'defines\n'
+ ' *__slots__* (which should only contain names of any '
+ '*additional*\n'
+ ' slots).\n'
'\n'
'* If a class defines a slot also defined in a base class, '
'the instance\n'
@@ -11148,7 +11149,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'built-in\n'
'types), including other ABCs.\n'
'\n'
- 'class.__instancecheck__(self, instance)\n'
+ 'type.__instancecheck__(self, instance)\n'
'\n'
' Return true if *instance* should be considered a (direct '
'or\n'
@@ -11156,7 +11157,7 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'implement\n'
' "isinstance(instance, class)".\n'
'\n'
- 'class.__subclasscheck__(self, subclass)\n'
+ 'type.__subclasscheck__(self, subclass)\n'
'\n'
' Return true if *subclass* should be considered a (direct '
'or\n'
@@ -13278,7 +13279,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'*generic\n'
'class* will generally return a GenericAlias object.\n'
'\n'
- ' subscription ::= primary "[" expression_list "]"\n'
+ ' subscription ::= primary "[" flexible_expression_list '
+ '"]"\n'
'\n'
'When an object is subscripted, the interpreter will '
'evaluate the\n'
@@ -13297,13 +13299,18 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'see\n'
'__class_getitem__ versus __getitem__.\n'
'\n'
- 'If the expression list contains at least one comma, it will '
- 'evaluate\n'
- 'to a "tuple" containing the items of the expression list. '
- 'Otherwise,\n'
- 'the expression list will evaluate to the value of the '
- 'list’s sole\n'
- 'member.\n'
+ 'If the expression list contains at least one comma, or if '
+ 'any of the\n'
+ 'expressions are starred, the expression list will evaluate '
+ 'to a\n'
+ '"tuple" containing the items of the expression list. '
+ 'Otherwise, the\n'
+ 'expression list will evaluate to the value of the list’s '
+ 'sole member.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Changed in version 3.11: Expressions in an expression list '
+ 'may be\n'
+ 'starred. See **PEP 646**.\n'
'\n'
'For built-in objects, there are two types of objects that '
'support\n'
@@ -14052,8 +14059,8 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'|====================================================|====================================================|\n'
'| function.__doc__ | The '
'function’s documentation string, or "None" if |\n'
- '| | unavailable. '
- 'Not inherited by subclasses. |\n'
+ '| | '
+ 'unavailable. |\n'
'+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
'| function.__name__ | The '
'function’s name. See also: "__name__ |\n'
@@ -14423,32 +14430,104 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'A class object can be called (see above) to yield a class instance\n'
'(see below).\n'
'\n'
- 'Special attributes:\n'
'\n'
- ' "__name__"\n'
- ' The class name.\n'
+ 'Special attributes\n'
+ '------------------\n'
'\n'
- ' "__module__"\n'
- ' The name of the module in which the class was defined.\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| Attribute | '
+ 'Meaning |\n'
+ '|====================================================|====================================================|\n'
+ '| type.__name__ | The class’s '
+ 'name. See also: "__name__ attributes". |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__qualname__ | The class’s '
+ '*qualified name*. See also: |\n'
+ '| | '
+ '"__qualname__ attributes". |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__module__ | The name of '
+ 'the module in which the class was |\n'
+ '| | '
+ 'defined. |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__dict__ | A "mapping '
+ 'proxy" providing a read-only view of |\n'
+ '| | the class’s '
+ 'namespace. See also: "__dict__ |\n'
+ '| | '
+ 'attributes". |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__bases__ | A "tuple" '
+ 'containing the class’s bases. In most |\n'
+ '| | cases, for a '
+ 'class defined as "class X(A, B, C)", |\n'
+ '| | '
+ '"X.__bases__" will be exactly equal to "(A, B, |\n'
+ '| | '
+ 'C)". |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__doc__ | The class’s '
+ 'documentation string, or "None" if |\n'
+ '| | undefined. '
+ 'Not inherited by subclasses. |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__annotations__ | A dictionary '
+ 'containing *variable annotations* |\n'
+ '| | collected '
+ 'during class body execution. For best |\n'
+ '| | practices on '
+ 'working with "__annotations__", |\n'
+ '| | please see '
+ 'Annotations Best Practices. Caution: |\n'
+ '| | Accessing '
+ 'the "__annotations__" attribute of a |\n'
+ '| | class object '
+ 'directly may yield incorrect results |\n'
+ '| | in the '
+ 'presence of metaclasses. In addition, the |\n'
+ '| | attribute '
+ 'may not exist for some classes. Use |\n'
+ '| | '
+ '"inspect.get_annotations()" to retrieve class |\n'
+ '| | annotations '
+ 'safely. |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__type_params__ | A "tuple" '
+ 'containing the type parameters of a |\n'
+ '| | generic '
+ 'class. Added in version 3.12. |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
+ '| type.__mro__ | The "tuple" '
+ 'of classes that are considered when |\n'
+ '| | looking for '
+ 'base classes during method resolution. |\n'
+ '+----------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------+\n'
'\n'
- ' "__dict__"\n'
- ' The dictionary containing the class’s namespace.\n'
'\n'
- ' "__bases__"\n'
- ' A tuple containing the base classes, in the order of their\n'
- ' occurrence in the base class list.\n'
+ 'Special methods\n'
+ '---------------\n'
'\n'
- ' "__doc__"\n'
- ' The class’s documentation string, or "None" if undefined.\n'
+ 'In addition to the special attributes described above, all Python\n'
+ 'classes also have the following two methods available:\n'
'\n'
- ' "__annotations__"\n'
- ' A dictionary containing *variable annotations* collected '
- 'during\n'
- ' class body execution. For best practices on working with\n'
- ' "__annotations__", please see Annotations Best Practices.\n'
+ 'type.mro()\n'
'\n'
- ' "__type_params__"\n'
- ' A tuple containing the type parameters of a generic class.\n'
+ ' This method can be overridden by a metaclass to customize the\n'
+ ' method resolution order for its instances. It is called at '
+ 'class\n'
+ ' instantiation, and its result is stored in "__mro__".\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'type.__subclasses__()\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' Each class keeps a list of weak references to its immediate\n'
+ ' subclasses. This method returns a list of all those references\n'
+ ' still alive. The list is in definition order. Example:\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' >>> class A: pass\n'
+ ' >>> class B(A): pass\n'
+ ' >>> A.__subclasses__()\n'
+ " [<class 'B'>]\n"
'\n'
'\n'
'Class instances\n'
@@ -14488,8 +14567,19 @@ topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
'they have methods with certain special names. See section Special\n'
'method names.\n'
'\n'
- 'Special attributes: "__dict__" is the attribute dictionary;\n'
- '"__class__" is the instance’s class.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'Special attributes\n'
+ '------------------\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'object.__class__\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' The class to which a class instance belongs.\n'
+ '\n'
+ 'object.__dict__\n'
+ '\n'
+ ' A dictionary or other mapping object used to store an object’s\n'
+ ' (writable) attributes. Not all instances have a "__dict__"\n'
+ ' attribute; see the section on __slots__ for more details.\n'
'\n'
'\n'
'I/O objects (also known as file objects)\n'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.7.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..276166deca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/3.12.7.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,377 @@
+.. date: 2024-09-10-19-23-00
+.. gh-issue: 123915
+.. nonce: yZMEDO
+.. release date: 2024-10-01
+.. section: Windows
+
+Ensure that ``Tools\msi\buildrelease.bat`` uses different directories for
+AMD64 and ARM64 builds.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-04-24-22-50-33
+.. gh-issue: 117505
+.. nonce: gcTb_p
+.. section: Windows
+
+Fixes an issue with the Windows installer not running ensurepip in a fully
+isolated environment. This could cause unexpected interactions with the user
+site-packages.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-25-12-39-34
+.. gh-issue: 124378
+.. nonce: Ywwgia
+.. section: Tests
+
+Updated ``test_ttk`` to pass with Tcl/Tk 8.6.15.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-07-10-42-13
+.. gh-issue: 122792
+.. nonce: oiTMo9
+.. section: Security
+
+Changed IPv4-mapped ``ipaddress.IPv6Address`` to consistently use the mapped
+IPv4 address value for deciding properties. Properties which have their
+behavior fixed are ``is_multicast``, ``is_reserved``, ``is_link_local``,
+``is_global``, and ``is_unspecified``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-27-15-16-04
+.. gh-issue: 116850
+.. nonce: dBkR0-
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :mod:`argparse` for namespaces with not directly writable dict (e.g.
+classes).
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-26-22-14-12
+.. gh-issue: 58573
+.. nonce: hozbm9
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix conflicts between abbreviated long options in the parent parser and
+subparsers in :mod:`argparse`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-26-09-18-09
+.. gh-issue: 61181
+.. nonce: dwjmch
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix support of :ref:`choices` with string value in :mod:`argparse`.
+Substrings of the specified string no longer considered valid values.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-25-18-08-29
+.. gh-issue: 80259
+.. nonce: kO5Tw7
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :mod:`argparse` support of positional arguments with ``nargs='?'``,
+``default=argparse.SUPPRESS`` and specified ``type``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-25-12-14-58
+.. gh-issue: 124498
+.. nonce: Ozxs55
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :class:`typing.TypeAliasType` not to be generic, when ``type_params`` is
+an empty tuple.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-24-12-34-48
+.. gh-issue: 124345
+.. nonce: s3vKql
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`argparse` vim supports abbreviated single-dash long options separated
+by ``=`` from its value.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-23-17-33-47
+.. gh-issue: 104860
+.. nonce: O86OSc
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix disallowing abbreviation of single-dash long options in :mod:`argparse`
+with ``allow_abbrev=False``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-21-23-56-41
+.. gh-issue: 63143
+.. nonce: YKu-LQ
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix parsing mutually exclusive arguments in :mod:`argparse`. Arguments with
+the value identical to the default value (e.g. booleans, small integers,
+empty or 1-character strings) are no longer considered "not present".
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-21-22-32-21
+.. gh-issue: 72795
+.. nonce: naLmkX
+.. section: Library
+
+Positional arguments with :ref:`nargs` equal to ``'*'`` or
+:data:`!argparse.REMAINDER` are no longer required. This allows to use
+positional argument with ``nargs='*'`` and without ``default`` in mutually
+exclusive group and improves error message about required arguments.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-21-19-02-37
+.. gh-issue: 59317
+.. nonce: OAhNZZ
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix parsing positional argument with :ref:`nargs` equal to ``'?'`` or
+``'*'`` if it is preceded by an option and another positional argument.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-20-12-23-11
+.. gh-issue: 53780
+.. nonce: mrV1zi
+.. section: Library
+
+:mod:`argparse` now ignores the first ``"--"`` (double dash) between an
+option and command.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-19-20-15-00
+.. gh-issue: 124217
+.. nonce: j0KlQB
+.. section: Library
+
+Add RFC 9637 reserved IPv6 block ``3fff::/20`` in :mod:`ipaddress` module.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-19-11-47-39
+.. gh-issue: 124248
+.. nonce: g7rufd
+.. section: Library
+
+Fixed potential crash when using :mod:`struct` to process zero-width 'Pascal
+string' fields (``0p``).
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-19-10-36-18
+.. gh-issue: 81691
+.. nonce: Hyhp_U
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix handling of multiple ``"--"`` (double dashes) in :mod:`argparse`. Only
+the first one has now been removed, all subsequent ones are now taken
+literally.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-19-03-46-59
+.. gh-issue: 87041
+.. nonce: 9Ox7Bv
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a bug in :mod:`argparse` where lengthy subparser argument help is
+incorrectly indented.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-17-18-06-42
+.. gh-issue: 124171
+.. nonce: PHCvRJ
+.. section: Library
+
+Add workaround for broken :c:func:`!fmod()` implementations on Windows, that
+loose zero sign (e.g. ``fmod(-10, 1)`` returns ``0.0``). Patch by Sergey B
+Kirpichev.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-13-10-34-19
+.. gh-issue: 123934
+.. nonce: yMe7mL
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix :class:`unittest.mock.MagicMock` reseting magic methods return values
+after ``.reset_mock(return_value=True)`` was called.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-11-13-33-19
+.. gh-issue: 123935
+.. nonce: fRZ_56
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix parent slots detection for dataclasses that inherit from classes with
+``__dictoffset__``.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-10-11-26-14
+.. gh-issue: 123892
+.. nonce: 2gzIrz
+.. section: Library
+
+Add ``"_wmi"`` to :data:`sys.stdlib_module_names`. Patch by Victor Stinner.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-23-15-49-10
+.. gh-issue: 116810
+.. nonce: QLBUU8
+.. section: Library
+
+Resolve a memory leak introduced in CPython 3.10's :mod:`ssl` when the
+:attr:`ssl.SSLSocket.session` property was accessed. Speeds up read and
+write access to said property by no longer unnecessarily cloning session
+objects via serialization.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-08-15-09-45-34
+.. gh-issue: 121735
+.. nonce: _1q0qf
+.. section: Library
+
+When working with zip archives, importlib.resources now properly honors
+module-adjacent references (e.g. ``files(pkg.mod)`` and not just
+``files(pkg)``).
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-07-03-14-23-04
+.. gh-issue: 119004
+.. nonce: L5MoUu
+.. section: Library
+
+Fix a crash in :ref:`OrderedDict.__eq__ <collections_OrderedDict__eq__>`
+when operands are mutated during the check. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
+
+..
+
+.. bpo: 44864
+.. date: 2021-08-24-19-37-46
+.. nonce: KzxaDh
+.. section: Library
+
+Do not translate user-provided strings in :class:`argparse.ArgumentParser`.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-21-23-12-18
+.. gh-issue: 112938
+.. nonce: OeiDru
+.. section: IDLE
+
+Fix uninteruptable hang when Shell gets rapid continuous output.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-25-12-05-45
+.. gh-issue: 116510
+.. nonce: dhn8w8
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix a bug that can cause a crash when sub-interpreters use "basic"
+single-phase extension modules. Shared objects could refer to PyGC_Head
+nodes that had been freed as part of interpreter cleanup.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-17-22-06-01
+.. gh-issue: 124188
+.. nonce: aFqNAB
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix reading and decoding a line from the source file witn non-UTF-8 encoding
+for syntax errors raised in the compiler.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-10-13-27-16
+.. gh-issue: 77894
+.. nonce: ZC-Olu
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix possible crash in the garbage collector when it tries to break a
+reference loop containing a :class:`memoryview` object. Now a
+:class:`!memoryview` object can only be cleared if there are no buffers that
+refer it.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-06-19-21-34-21
+.. gh-issue: 98442
+.. nonce: cqhjkN
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Fix too wide source locations of the cleanup instructions of a with
+statement.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-06-14-22-02-25
+.. gh-issue: 113993
+.. nonce: MiA0vX
+.. section: Core and Builtins
+
+Strings interned with :func:`sys.intern` are again garbage-collected when no
+longer used, as per the documentation. Strings interned with the C function
+:c:func:`PyUnicode_InternInPlace` are still immortal. Internals of the
+string interning mechanism have been changed. This may affect performance
+and identities of :class:`str` objects.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-07-04-15-41-10
+.. gh-issue: 113993
+.. nonce: cLSiWV
+.. section: C API
+
+:c:func:`PyUnicode_InternInPlace` no longer prevents its argument from being
+garbage collected.
+
+Several functions that take ``char *`` are now documented as possibly
+preventing string objects from being garbage collected; refer to their
+documentation for details: :c:func:`PyUnicode_InternFromString`,
+:c:func:`PyDict_SetItemString`, :c:func:`PyObject_SetAttrString`,
+:c:func:`PyObject_DelAttrString`, :c:func:`PyUnicode_InternFromString`, and
+``PyModule_Add*`` convenience functions.
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-27-15-58-10
+.. gh-issue: 124487
+.. nonce: PAZTQf
+.. section: Build
+
+Windows builds now use Windows 8.1 as their API baseline (installation
+already required Windows 8.1).
+
+..
+
+.. date: 2024-09-11-16-06-42
+.. gh-issue: 123917
+.. nonce: JuZl0r
+.. section: Build
+
+Fix the check for the ``crypt()`` function in the configure script. Patch by
+Paul Smith and Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-09-11-16-06-42.gh-issue-123917.JuZl0r.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-09-11-16-06-42.gh-issue-123917.JuZl0r.rst
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index 4cf4a177f15..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-09-11-16-06-42.gh-issue-123917.JuZl0r.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix the check for the ``crypt()`` function in the configure script. Patch by
-Paul Smith and Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-09-27-15-58-10.gh-issue-124487.PAZTQf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-09-27-15-58-10.gh-issue-124487.PAZTQf.rst
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index 0ffadb2755a..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2024-09-27-15-58-10.gh-issue-124487.PAZTQf.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Windows builds now use Windows 8.1 as their API baseline (installation
-already required Windows 8.1).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-07-04-15-41-10.gh-issue-113993.cLSiWV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-07-04-15-41-10.gh-issue-113993.cLSiWV.rst
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index 9b7f2082065..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-07-04-15-41-10.gh-issue-113993.cLSiWV.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-:c:func:`PyUnicode_InternInPlace` no longer prevents its argument from being
-garbage collected.
-
-Several functions that take ``char *`` are now
-documented as possibly preventing string objects from being garbage
-collected; refer to their documentation for details:
-:c:func:`PyUnicode_InternFromString`,
-:c:func:`PyDict_SetItemString`,
-:c:func:`PyObject_SetAttrString`,
-:c:func:`PyObject_DelAttrString`,
-:c:func:`PyUnicode_InternFromString`,
-and ``PyModule_Add*`` convenience functions.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-14-22-02-25.gh-issue-113993.MiA0vX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-14-22-02-25.gh-issue-113993.MiA0vX.rst
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index 9931787cb36..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-14-22-02-25.gh-issue-113993.MiA0vX.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-Strings interned with :func:`sys.intern` are again garbage-collected when no
-longer used, as per the documentation. Strings interned with the C function
-:c:func:`PyUnicode_InternInPlace` are still immortal. Internals of the
-string interning mechanism have been changed. This may affect performance
-and identities of :class:`str` objects.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-19-21-34-21.gh-issue-98442.cqhjkN.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-19-21-34-21.gh-issue-98442.cqhjkN.rst
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index fb0a93f41a5..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2024-06-19-21-34-21.gh-issue-98442.cqhjkN.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix too wide source locations of the cleanup instructions of a with
-statement.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-10-13-27-16.gh-issue-77894.ZC-Olu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-10-13-27-16.gh-issue-77894.ZC-Olu.rst
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index a714033dd29..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-10-13-27-16.gh-issue-77894.ZC-Olu.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Fix possible crash in the garbage collector when it tries to break a
-reference loop containing a :class:`memoryview` object. Now a
-:class:`!memoryview` object can only be cleared if there are no buffers that
-refer it.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-17-22-06-01.gh-issue-124188.aFqNAB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-17-22-06-01.gh-issue-124188.aFqNAB.rst
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index 0c2935fbe00..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-17-22-06-01.gh-issue-124188.aFqNAB.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix reading and decoding a line from the source file witn non-UTF-8 encoding
-for syntax errors raised in the compiler.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-25-12-05-45.gh-issue-116510.dhn8w8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-25-12-05-45.gh-issue-116510.dhn8w8.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-25-12-05-45.gh-issue-116510.dhn8w8.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Fix a bug that can cause a crash when sub-interpreters use "basic"
-single-phase extension modules. Shared objects could refer to PyGC_Head
-nodes that had been freed as part of interpreter cleanup.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2024-09-21-23-12-18.gh-issue-112938.OeiDru.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2024-09-21-23-12-18.gh-issue-112938.OeiDru.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/IDLE/2024-09-21-23-12-18.gh-issue-112938.OeiDru.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Fix uninteruptable hang when Shell gets rapid continuous output.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-24-19-37-46.bpo-44864.KzxaDh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-24-19-37-46.bpo-44864.KzxaDh.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2021-08-24-19-37-46.bpo-44864.KzxaDh.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Do not translate user-provided strings in :class:`argparse.ArgumentParser`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-03-14-23-04.gh-issue-119004.L5MoUu.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-03-14-23-04.gh-issue-119004.L5MoUu.rst
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index 899bd163d36..00000000000
--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-07-03-14-23-04.gh-issue-119004.L5MoUu.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Fix a crash in :ref:`OrderedDict.__eq__ <collections_OrderedDict__eq__>`
-when operands are mutated during the check. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-15-09-45-34.gh-issue-121735._1q0qf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-15-09-45-34.gh-issue-121735._1q0qf.rst
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-When working with zip archives, importlib.resources now properly honors
-module-adjacent references (e.g. ``files(pkg.mod)`` and not just
-``files(pkg)``).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-23-15-49-10.gh-issue-116810.QLBUU8.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-08-23-15-49-10.gh-issue-116810.QLBUU8.rst
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-Resolve a memory leak introduced in CPython 3.10's :mod:`ssl` when the
-:attr:`ssl.SSLSocket.session` property was accessed. Speeds up read and
-write access to said property by no longer unnecessarily cloning session
-objects via serialization.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-10-11-26-14.gh-issue-123892.2gzIrz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-10-11-26-14.gh-issue-123892.2gzIrz.rst
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-Add ``"_wmi"`` to :data:`sys.stdlib_module_names`. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-11-13-33-19.gh-issue-123935.fRZ_56.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-11-13-33-19.gh-issue-123935.fRZ_56.rst
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-Fix parent slots detection for dataclasses that inherit from classes with
-``__dictoffset__``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-13-10-34-19.gh-issue-123934.yMe7mL.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-13-10-34-19.gh-issue-123934.yMe7mL.rst
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-Fix :class:`unittest.mock.MagicMock` reseting magic methods return values
-after ``.reset_mock(return_value=True)`` was called.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-17-18-06-42.gh-issue-124171.PHCvRJ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-17-18-06-42.gh-issue-124171.PHCvRJ.rst
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-Add workaround for broken :c:func:`!fmod()` implementations on Windows, that
-loose zero sign (e.g. ``fmod(-10, 1)`` returns ``0.0``). Patch by Sergey B
-Kirpichev.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-03-46-59.gh-issue-87041.9Ox7Bv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-03-46-59.gh-issue-87041.9Ox7Bv.rst
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-Fix a bug in :mod:`argparse` where lengthy subparser argument help is incorrectly indented.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-10-36-18.gh-issue-81691.Hyhp_U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-10-36-18.gh-issue-81691.Hyhp_U.rst
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-Fix handling of multiple ``"--"`` (double dashes) in :mod:`argparse`. Only
-the first one has now been removed, all subsequent ones are now taken
-literally.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-11-47-39.gh-issue-124248.g7rufd.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-11-47-39.gh-issue-124248.g7rufd.rst
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-Fixed potential crash when using :mod:`struct` to process zero-width
-'Pascal string' fields (``0p``).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-20-15-00.gh-issue-124217.j0KlQB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-19-20-15-00.gh-issue-124217.j0KlQB.rst
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-Add RFC 9637 reserved IPv6 block ``3fff::/20`` in :mod:`ipaddress` module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-20-12-23-11.gh-issue-53780.mrV1zi.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-20-12-23-11.gh-issue-53780.mrV1zi.rst
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-:mod:`argparse` now ignores the first ``"--"`` (double dash) between an option and command.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-21-19-02-37.gh-issue-59317.OAhNZZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-21-19-02-37.gh-issue-59317.OAhNZZ.rst
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-Fix parsing positional argument with :ref:`nargs` equal to ``'?'`` or ``'*'``
-if it is preceded by an option and another positional argument.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-21-22-32-21.gh-issue-72795.naLmkX.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-21-22-32-21.gh-issue-72795.naLmkX.rst
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-Positional arguments with :ref:`nargs` equal to ``'*'`` or
-:data:`!argparse.REMAINDER` are no longer required. This allows to use
-positional argument with ``nargs='*'`` and without ``default`` in mutually
-exclusive group and improves error message about required arguments.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-21-23-56-41.gh-issue-63143.YKu-LQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-21-23-56-41.gh-issue-63143.YKu-LQ.rst
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-Fix parsing mutually exclusive arguments in :mod:`argparse`. Arguments with
-the value identical to the default value (e.g. booleans, small integers,
-empty or 1-character strings) are no longer considered "not present".
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-23-17-33-47.gh-issue-104860.O86OSc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-23-17-33-47.gh-issue-104860.O86OSc.rst
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-Fix disallowing abbreviation of single-dash long options in :mod:`argparse`
-with ``allow_abbrev=False``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-24-12-34-48.gh-issue-124345.s3vKql.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-24-12-34-48.gh-issue-124345.s3vKql.rst
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-:mod:`argparse` vim supports abbreviated single-dash long options separated
-by ``=`` from its value.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-25-12-14-58.gh-issue-124498.Ozxs55.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-25-12-14-58.gh-issue-124498.Ozxs55.rst
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-Fix :class:`typing.TypeAliasType` not to be generic, when ``type_params`` is
-an empty tuple.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-25-18-08-29.gh-issue-80259.kO5Tw7.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-25-18-08-29.gh-issue-80259.kO5Tw7.rst
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-Fix :mod:`argparse` support of positional arguments with ``nargs='?'``,
-``default=argparse.SUPPRESS`` and specified ``type``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-26-09-18-09.gh-issue-61181.dwjmch.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-26-09-18-09.gh-issue-61181.dwjmch.rst
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-Fix support of :ref:`choices` with string value in :mod:`argparse`. Substrings
-of the specified string no longer considered valid values.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-26-22-14-12.gh-issue-58573.hozbm9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-26-22-14-12.gh-issue-58573.hozbm9.rst
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-Fix conflicts between abbreviated long options in the parent parser and
-subparsers in :mod:`argparse`.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-27-15-16-04.gh-issue-116850.dBkR0-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-27-15-16-04.gh-issue-116850.dBkR0-.rst
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-Fix :mod:`argparse` for namespaces with not directly writable dict (e.g.
-classes).
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-08-07-10-42-13.gh-issue-122792.oiTMo9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-08-07-10-42-13.gh-issue-122792.oiTMo9.rst
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-Changed IPv4-mapped ``ipaddress.IPv6Address`` to consistently use the mapped IPv4
-address value for deciding properties. Properties which have their behavior fixed
-are ``is_multicast``, ``is_reserved``, ``is_link_local``, ``is_global``, and ``is_unspecified``.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-09-25-12-39-34.gh-issue-124378.Ywwgia.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2024-09-25-12-39-34.gh-issue-124378.Ywwgia.rst
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-Updated ``test_ttk`` to pass with Tcl/Tk 8.6.15.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-04-24-22-50-33.gh-issue-117505.gcTb_p.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-04-24-22-50-33.gh-issue-117505.gcTb_p.rst
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-Fixes an issue with the Windows installer not running ensurepip in a fully isolated environment. This could cause unexpected interactions with the user site-packages.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-10-19-23-00.gh-issue-123915.yZMEDO.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-10-19-23-00.gh-issue-123915.yZMEDO.rst
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--- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Windows/2024-09-10-19-23-00.gh-issue-123915.yZMEDO.rst
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-Ensure that ``Tools\msi\buildrelease.bat`` uses different directories for AMD64 and ARM64 builds.
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 49d503bbe45..f7fbe2083d8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-This is Python version 3.12.6
+This is Python version 3.12.7
=============================
.. image:: https://github.com/python/cpython/workflows/Tests/badge.svg