[Python-checkins] cpython: Issue #13072: The array module's 'u' format code is now deprecated and
stefan.krah
python-checkins at python.org
Fri Aug 24 20:18:35 CEST 2012
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9c7515e29219
changeset: 78748:9c7515e29219
user: Stefan Krah <skrah at bytereef.org>
date: Fri Aug 24 20:14:12 2012 +0200
summary:
Issue #13072: The array module's 'u' format code is now deprecated and
will be removed in Python 4.0.
files:
Doc/library/array.rst | 7 ++++++-
Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst | 7 +++++++
Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/array.rst b/Doc/library/array.rst
--- a/Doc/library/array.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/array.rst
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@
Notes:
(1)
- The ``'u'`` type code corresponds to Python's unicode character
+ The ``'u'`` type code corresponds to Python's obsolete unicode character
(:c:type:`Py_UNICODE` which is :c:type:`wchar_t`). Depending on the
platform, it can be 16 bits or 32 bits.
+ ``'u'`` will be removed together with the rest of the :c:type:`Py_UNICODE`
+ API.
+
+ .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
+
(2)
The ``'q'`` and ``'Q'`` type codes are available only if
the platform C compiler used to build Python supports C :c:type:`long long`,
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1841,6 +1841,13 @@
:c:func:`PyUnicode_TransformDecimalToASCII`
+Deprecated features
+-------------------
+
+The :mod:`array` module's ``'u'`` format code is now deprecated and will be
+removed in Python 4 together with the rest of the (:c:type:`Py_UNICODE`) API.
+
+
Porting to Python 3.3
=====================
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
Library
-------
+- Issue #13072: The array module's 'u' format code is now deprecated and
+ will be removed in Python 4.0.
+
- Issue #15544: Fix Decimal.__float__ to work with payload-carrying NaNs.
- Issue #15776: Allow pyvenv to work in existing directory with --clean.
--
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