Python 3.9.7

Author: ambv

Include/patchlevel.h

@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@
 /*--start constants--*/
 #define PY_MAJOR_VERSION        3
 #define PY_MINOR_VERSION        9
-#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              "3.9.6+"
+#define PY_VERSION              "3.9.7"
 /*--end constants--*/
 
 /* Version as a single 4-byte hex number, e.g. 0x010502B2 == 1.5.2b2.

Lib/pydoc_data/topics.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Jun 28 10:13:28 2021
+# Autogenerated by Sphinx on Mon Aug 30 20:40:44 2021
 topics = {'assert': 'The "assert" statement\n'
            '**********************\n'
            '\n'
@@ -1259,6 +1259,10 @@
            'In the latter case, sequence repetition is performed; a negative\n'
            'repetition factor yields an empty sequence.\n'
            '\n'
+           'This operation can be customized using the special "__mul__()" '
+           'and\n'
+           '"__rmul__()" methods.\n'
+           '\n'
            'The "@" (at) operator is intended to be used for matrix\n'
            'multiplication.  No builtin Python types implement this operator.\n'
            '\n'
@@ -1274,6 +1278,10 @@
            'result.  Division by zero raises the "ZeroDivisionError" '
            'exception.\n'
            '\n'
+           'This operation can be customized using the special "__truediv__()" '
+           'and\n'
+           '"__floordiv__()" methods.\n'
+           '\n'
            'The "%" (modulo) operator yields the remainder from the division '
            'of\n'
            'the first argument by the second.  The numeric arguments are '
@@ -1305,6 +1313,10 @@
            'string formatting is described in the Python Library Reference,\n'
            'section printf-style String Formatting.\n'
            '\n'
+           'The *modulo* operation can be customized using the special '
+           '"__mod__()"\n'
+           'method.\n'
+           '\n'
            'The floor division operator, the modulo operator, and the '
            '"divmod()"\n'
            'function are not defined for complex numbers.  Instead, convert to '
@@ -1319,9 +1331,16 @@
            'and then added together. In the latter case, the sequences are\n'
            'concatenated.\n'
            '\n'
+           'This operation can be customized using the special "__add__()" '
+           'and\n'
+           '"__radd__()" methods.\n'
+           '\n'
            'The "-" (subtraction) operator yields the difference of its '
            'arguments.\n'
-           'The numeric arguments are first converted to a common type.\n',
+           'The numeric arguments are first converted to a common type.\n'
+           '\n'
+           'This operation can be customized using the special "__sub__()" '
+           'method.\n',
  'bitwise': 'Binary bitwise operations\n'
             '*************************\n'
             '\n'
@@ -1334,14 +1353,18 @@
             '\n'
             'The "&" operator yields the bitwise AND of its arguments, which '
             'must\n'
-            'be integers.\n'
+            'be integers or one of them must be a custom object overriding\n'
+            '"__and__()" or "__rand__()" special methods.\n'
             '\n'
             'The "^" operator yields the bitwise XOR (exclusive OR) of its\n'
-            'arguments, which must be integers.\n'
+            'arguments, which must be integers or one of them must be a '
+            'custom\n'
+            'object overriding "__xor__()" or "__rxor__()" special methods.\n'
             '\n'
             'The "|" operator yields the bitwise (inclusive) OR of its '
             'arguments,\n'
-            'which must be integers.\n',
+            'which must be integers or one of them must be a custom object\n'
+            'overriding "__or__()" or "__ror__()" special methods.\n',
  'bltin-code-objects': 'Code Objects\n'
                        '************\n'
                        '\n'
@@ -1787,7 +1810,11 @@
                 '   comp_operator ::= "<" | ">" | "==" | ">=" | "<=" | "!="\n'
                 '                     | "is" ["not"] | ["not"] "in"\n'
                 '\n'
-                'Comparisons yield boolean values: "True" or "False".\n'
+                'Comparisons yield boolean values: "True" or "False". Custom '
+                '*rich\n'
+                'comparison methods* may return non-boolean values. In this '
+                'case Python\n'
+                'will call "bool()" on such value in boolean contexts.\n'
                 '\n'
                 'Comparisons can be chained arbitrarily, e.g., "x < y <= z" '
                 'is\n'
@@ -7472,7 +7499,10 @@
           '"ZeroDivisionError".\n'
           'Raising a negative number to a fractional power results in a '
           '"complex"\n'
-          'number. (In earlier versions it raised a "ValueError".)\n',
+          'number. (In earlier versions it raised a "ValueError".)\n'
+          '\n'
+          'This operation can be customized using the special "__pow__()" '
+          'method.\n',
  'raise': 'The "raise" statement\n'
           '*********************\n'
           '\n'
@@ -7872,6 +7902,10 @@
              'the\n'
              'second argument.\n'
              '\n'
+             'This operation can be customized using the special '
+             '"__lshift__()" and\n'
+             '"__rshift__()" methods.\n'
+             '\n'
              'A right shift by *n* bits is defined as floor division by '
              '"pow(2,n)".\n'
              'A left shift by *n* bits is defined as multiplication with '
@@ -10092,7 +10126,7 @@
                    '*start* and\n'
                    '   *end* are interpreted as in slice notation.\n'
                    '\n'
-                   "str.encode(encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')\n"
+                   'str.encode(encoding="utf-8", errors="strict")\n'
                    '\n'
                    '   Return an encoded version of the string as a bytes '
                    'object. Default\n'
@@ -10598,7 +10632,7 @@
                    'followed by\n'
                    '   the string itself.\n'
                    '\n'
-                   'str.rsplit(sep=None, maxsplit=- 1)\n'
+                   'str.rsplit(sep=None, maxsplit=-1)\n'
                    '\n'
                    '   Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* '
                    'as the\n'
@@ -10639,7 +10673,7 @@
                    "      >>> 'Monty Python'.removesuffix(' Python')\n"
                    "      'Monty'\n"
                    '\n'
-                   'str.split(sep=None, maxsplit=- 1)\n'
+                   'str.split(sep=None, maxsplit=-1)\n'
                    '\n'
                    '   Return a list of the words in the string, using *sep* '
                    'as the\n'
@@ -11611,7 +11645,7 @@
           '         points. All the code points in the range "U+0000 - '
           'U+10FFFF"\n'
           '         can be represented in a string.  Python doesn’t have a '
-          '*char*\n'
+          '"char"\n'
           '         type; instead, every code point in the string is '
           'represented\n'
           '         as a string object with length "1".  The built-in '
@@ -13419,7 +13453,7 @@
              '|                                | "s[i:i] = '
              '[x]")                  |                       |\n'
              '+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
-             '| "s.pop([i])"                   | retrieves the item at *i* '
+             '| "s.pop()" or "s.pop(i)"        | retrieves the item at *i* '
              'and    | (2)                   |\n'
              '|                                | also removes it from '
              '*s*         |                       |\n'
@@ -13882,7 +13916,7 @@
                      '|                                | "s[i:i] = '
                      '[x]")                  |                       |\n'
                      '+--------------------------------+----------------------------------+-----------------------+\n'
-                     '| "s.pop([i])"                   | retrieves the item at '
+                     '| "s.pop()" or "s.pop(i)"        | retrieves the item at '
                      '*i* and    | (2)                   |\n'
                      '|                                | also removes it from '
                      '*s*         |                       |\n'
@@ -13947,15 +13981,21 @@
           '   u_expr ::= power | "-" u_expr | "+" u_expr | "~" u_expr\n'
           '\n'
           'The unary "-" (minus) operator yields the negation of its numeric\n'
-          'argument.\n'
+          'argument; the operation can be overridden with the "__neg__()" '
+          'special\n'
+          'method.\n'
           '\n'
           'The unary "+" (plus) operator yields its numeric argument '
-          'unchanged.\n'
+          'unchanged;\n'
+          'the operation can be overridden with the "__pos__()" special '
+          'method.\n'
           '\n'
           'The unary "~" (invert) operator yields the bitwise inversion of '
           'its\n'
           'integer argument.  The bitwise inversion of "x" is defined as\n'
-          '"-(x+1)".  It only applies to integral numbers.\n'
+          '"-(x+1)".  It only applies to integral numbers or to custom '
+          'objects\n'
+          'that override the "__invert__()" special method.\n'
           '\n'
           'In all three cases, if the argument does not have the proper type, '
           'a\n'