https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/540fa293ac15fc8db1b457db1b25432443714d39 commit: 540fa293ac15fc8db1b457db1b25432443714d39 branch: 3.14 author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-isling...@users.noreply.github.com> committer: hugovk <1324225+hug...@users.noreply.github.com> date: 2025-06-17T09:10:24+03:00 summary:
[3.14] gh-123299: Add PEP 779 to What's New in Python 3.14 (GH-135555) (#135602) gh-123299: Add PEP 779 to What's New in Python 3.14 (GH-135555) (cherry picked from commit c51f241c97c5bcc8ae6830842db5b00f76d6a592) Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hug...@users.noreply.github.com> files: M Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst index 289874ab6b825a..c1906610932cec 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst @@ -82,9 +82,10 @@ and improvements in user-friendliness and correctness. .. PEP-sized items next. +* :ref:`PEP 779: Free-threaded Python is officially supported <whatsnew314-pep779>` * :ref:`PEP 649 and 749: deferred evaluation of annotations <whatsnew314-pep649>` -* :ref:`PEP 734: Multiple Interpreters in the Stdlib <whatsnew314-pep734>` -* :ref:`PEP 741: Python Configuration C API <whatsnew314-pep741>` +* :ref:`PEP 734: Multiple interpreters in the stdlib <whatsnew314-pep734>` +* :ref:`PEP 741: Python configuration C API <whatsnew314-pep741>` * :ref:`PEP 750: Template strings <whatsnew314-pep750>` * :ref:`PEP 758: Allow except and except* expressions without parentheses <whatsnew314-pep758>` * :ref:`PEP 761: Discontinuation of PGP signatures <whatsnew314-pep761>` @@ -124,9 +125,35 @@ of Python. See :ref:`below <whatsnew314-refcount>` for details. New features ============ +.. _whatsnew314-pep779: + +PEP 779: Free-threaded Python is officially supported +----------------------------------------------------- + +The free-threaded build of Python is now supported and no longer experimental. +This is the start of phase II where free-threaded Python is officially supported +but still optional. + +We are confident that the project is on the right path, and we appreciate the +continued dedication from everyone working to make free-threading ready for +broader adoption across the Python community. + +With these recommendations and the acceptance of this PEP, we as the Python +developer community should broadly advertise that free-threading is a supported +Python build option now and into the future, and that it will not be removed +without a proper deprecation schedule. + +Any decision to transition to phase III, with free-threading as the default or +sole build of Python is still undecided, and dependent on many factors both +within CPython itself and the community. This decision is for the future. + +.. seealso:: + :pep:`779` and its `acceptance + <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-779-criteria-for-supported-status-for-free-threaded-python/84319/123>`__. + .. _whatsnew314-pep734: -PEP 734: Multiple Interpreters in the Stdlib +PEP 734: Multiple interpreters in the stdlib -------------------------------------------- The CPython runtime supports running multiple copies of Python in the @@ -392,7 +419,7 @@ As can be seen, the API is similar to the APIs of the :mod:`!lzma` and :mod:`!bz2` modules. (Contributed by Emma Harper Smith, Adam Turner, Gregory P. Smith, Tomas Roun, -Victor Stinner, and Rogdham in :gh:`132983`) +Victor Stinner, and Rogdham in :gh:`132983`.) .. seealso:: :pep:`784`. @@ -727,7 +754,7 @@ Improved error messages .. _whatsnew314-pep741: -PEP 741: Python Configuration C API +PEP 741: Python configuration C API ----------------------------------- Add a :ref:`PyInitConfig C API <pyinitconfig_api>` to configure the Python @@ -1266,7 +1293,7 @@ configparser to :meth:`configparser.ConfigParser.write` keys containing delimiters or beginning with the section header pattern will raise a :class:`configparser.InvalidWriteError`. - (Contributed by Jacob Lincoln in :gh:`129270`) + (Contributed by Jacob Lincoln in :gh:`129270`.) contextvars ----------- @@ -2788,8 +2815,8 @@ New features * Add :c:func:`PyType_GetBaseByToken` and :c:data:`Py_tp_token` slot for easier superclass identification, which attempts to resolve the `type checking issue - <https://peps.python.org/pep-0630/#type-checking>`__ mentioned in :pep:`630` - (:gh:`124153`). + <https://peps.python.org/pep-0630/#type-checking>`__ mentioned in :pep:`630`. + (Contributed in :gh:`124153`.) * Add :c:func:`PyUnicode_Equal` function to the limited C API: test if two strings are equal. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- python-checkins@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-checkins-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: arch...@mail-archive.com
