Merge branch 'python:main' into re_improvements

.github/CODEOWNERS

@@ -280,3 +280,5 @@ Lib/test/test_configparser.py @jaraco
 
 # Doc sections
 Doc/reference/                @willingc
+
+**/*weakref*                  @kumaraditya303

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.yml

@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ body:
       label: "CPython versions tested on:"
       multiple: true
       options:
-        - "3.8"
         - "3.9"
         - "3.10"
         - "3.11"
         - "3.12"
         - "3.13"
+        - "3.14"
         - "CPython main branch"
     validations:
       required: true

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/crash.yml

@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ body:
       label: "CPython versions tested on:"
       multiple: true
       options:
-        - "3.8"
         - "3.9"
         - "3.10"
         - "3.11"
         - "3.12"
         - "3.13"
+        - "3.14"
         - "CPython main branch"
     validations:
       required: true

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -40,6 +40,50 @@ jobs:
     if: fromJSON(needs.check_source.outputs.run-docs)
     uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml
 
+  check_autoconf_regen:
+    name: 'Check if Autoconf files are up to date'
+    # Don't use ubuntu-latest but a specific version to make the job
+    # reproducible: to get the same tools versions (autoconf, aclocal, ...)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    container:
+      image: ghcr.io/python/autoconf:2024.10.11.11293396815
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    needs: check_source
+    if: needs.check_source.outputs.run_tests == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: Install Git
+        run: |
+          apt install git -yq
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - name: Runner image version
+        run: echo "IMAGE_VERSION=${ImageVersion}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Check Autoconf and aclocal versions
+        run: |
+          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71" configure
+          grep "aclocal 1.16.5" aclocal.m4
+          grep -q "runstatedir" configure
+          grep -q "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG" aclocal.m4
+      - name: Regenerate autoconf files
+        # Same command used by Tools/build/regen-configure.sh ($AUTORECONF)
+        run: autoreconf -ivf -Werror
+      - name: Check for changes
+        run: |
+          git add -u
+          changes=$(git status --porcelain)
+          # Check for changes in regenerated files
+          if test -n "$changes"; then
+            echo "Generated files not up to date."
+            echo "Perhaps you forgot to run make regen-all or build.bat --regen. ;)"
+            echo "configure files must be regenerated with a specific version of autoconf."
+            echo "$changes"
+            echo ""
+            git diff --staged || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
   check_generated_files:
     name: 'Check if generated files are up to date'
     # Don't use ubuntu-latest but a specific version to make the job
@@ -69,19 +113,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: hendrikmuhs/[email protected]
         with:
           save: false
-      - name: Check Autoconf and aclocal versions
-        run: |
-          grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71" configure
-          grep "aclocal 1.16.5" aclocal.m4
-          grep -q "runstatedir" configure
-          grep -q "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG" aclocal.m4
       - name: Configure CPython
         run: |
           # Build Python with the libpython dynamic library
           ./configure --config-cache --with-pydebug --enable-shared
-      - name: Regenerate autoconf files
-        # Same command used by Tools/build/regen-configure.sh ($AUTORECONF)
-        run: autoreconf -ivf -Werror
       - name: Build CPython
         run: |
           make -j4 regen-all

.github/workflows/mypy.yml

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
+          python-version: "3.13"
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: Tools/requirements-dev.txt
       - run: pip install -r Tools/requirements-dev.txt

.github/workflows/reusable-change-detection.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
----
-
-name: Change detection
+name: Reusable change detection
 
 on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
   workflow_call:

.github/workflows/reusable-docs.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Docs
+name: Reusable Docs
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: 'Set up Python'
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: '3.12'  # known to work with Sphinx 6.2.1
+        python-version: '3.13'  # known to work with Sphinx 7.2.6
         cache: 'pip'
         cache-dependency-path: 'Doc/requirements-oldest-sphinx.txt'
     - name: 'Install build dependencies'
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
   # Run "doctest" on HEAD as new syntax doesn't exist in the latest stable release
   doctest:
     name: 'Doctest'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/reusable-macos.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Reusable macOS
+
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:

.github/workflows/reusable-tsan.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Reusable Thread Sanitizer
+
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:

.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Reusable Ubuntu
+
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:

.github/workflows/reusable-wasi.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Reusable WASI
+
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:

.github/workflows/reusable-windows-msi.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: TestsMSI
+name: Reusable Windows MSI
 
 on:
   workflow_call:

.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+name: Reusable Windows
+
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:

Doc/c-api/code.rst

@@ -32,11 +32,13 @@ bound into a function.
 
 .. c:function:: Py_ssize_t PyCode_GetNumFree(PyCodeObject *co)
 
-   Return the number of free variables in a code object.
+   Return the number of :term:`free (closure) variables <closure variable>`
+   in a code object.
 
 .. c:function:: int PyUnstable_Code_GetFirstFree(PyCodeObject *co)
 
-   Return the position of the first free variable in a code object.
+   Return the position of the first :term:`free (closure) variable <closure variable>`
+   in a code object.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.13
 
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ bound into a function.
 
    Equivalent to the Python code ``getattr(co, 'co_freevars')``.
    Returns a new reference to a :c:type:`PyTupleObject` containing the names of
-   the free variables. On error, ``NULL`` is returned and an exception is raised.
+   the :term:`free (closure) variables <closure variable>`. On error, ``NULL`` is returned
+   and an exception is raised.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.11
 

Doc/c-api/contextvars.rst

@@ -122,18 +122,18 @@ Context object management functions:
 .. c:type:: PyContextEvent
 
    Enumeration of possible context object watcher events:
-   - ``Py_CONTEXT_EVENT_ENTER``
-   - ``Py_CONTEXT_EVENT_EXIT``
+
+   - ``Py_CONTEXT_SWITCHED``: The :term:`current context` has switched to a
+     different context.  The object passed to the watch callback is the
+     now-current :class:`contextvars.Context` object, or None if no context is
+     current.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.14
 
-.. c:type:: int (*PyContext_WatchCallback)(PyContextEvent event, PyContext* ctx)
+.. c:type:: int (*PyContext_WatchCallback)(PyContextEvent event, PyObject *obj)
 
-   Type of a context object watcher callback function.
-   If *event* is ``Py_CONTEXT_EVENT_ENTER``, then the callback is invoked
-   after *ctx* has been set as the current context for the current thread.
-   Otherwise, the callback is invoked before the deactivation of *ctx* as the current context
-   and the restoration of the previous contex object for the current thread.
+   Context object watcher callback function.  The object passed to the callback
+   is event-specific; see :c:type:`PyContextEvent` for details.
 
    If the callback returns with an exception set, it must return ``-1``; this
    exception will be printed as an unraisable exception using

Doc/c-api/import.rst

@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ Importing Modules
    such modules have no way to know that the module object is an unknown (and
    probably damaged with respect to the module author's intents) state.
 
-   The module's :attr:`__spec__` and :attr:`__loader__` will be set, if
-   not set already, with the appropriate values.  The spec's loader will
-   be set to the module's ``__loader__`` (if set) and to an instance of
-   :class:`~importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader` otherwise.
+   The module's :attr:`~module.__spec__` and :attr:`~module.__loader__` will be
+   set, if not set already, with the appropriate values.  The spec's loader
+   will be set to the module's :attr:`!__loader__` (if set) and to an instance
+   of :class:`~importlib.machinery.SourceFileLoader` otherwise.
 
-   The module's :attr:`__file__` attribute will be set to the code object's
-   :attr:`~codeobject.co_filename`.  If applicable, :attr:`__cached__` will also
-   be set.
+   The module's :attr:`~module.__file__` attribute will be set to the code
+   object's :attr:`~codeobject.co_filename`.  If applicable,
+   :attr:`~module.__cached__` will also be set.
 
    This function will reload the module if it was already imported.  See
    :c:func:`PyImport_ReloadModule` for the intended way to reload a module.
@@ -155,29 +155,29 @@ Importing Modules
    :c:func:`PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames`.
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
-      The setting of :attr:`__cached__` and :attr:`__loader__` is
-      deprecated. See :class:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec` for
+      The setting of :attr:`~module.__cached__` and :attr:`~module.__loader__`
+      is deprecated. See :class:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec` for
       alternatives.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx(const char *name, PyObject *co, const char *pathname)
 
-   Like :c:func:`PyImport_ExecCodeModule`, but the :attr:`__file__` attribute of
-   the module object is set to *pathname* if it is non-``NULL``.
+   Like :c:func:`PyImport_ExecCodeModule`, but the :attr:`~module.__file__`
+   attribute of the module object is set to *pathname* if it is non-``NULL``.
 
    See also :c:func:`PyImport_ExecCodeModuleWithPathnames`.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyImport_ExecCodeModuleObject(PyObject *name, PyObject *co, PyObject *pathname, PyObject *cpathname)
 
-   Like :c:func:`PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx`, but the :attr:`__cached__`
+   Like :c:func:`PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx`, but the :attr:`~module.__cached__`
    attribute of the module object is set to *cpathname* if it is
    non-``NULL``.  Of the three functions, this is the preferred one to use.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.12
-      Setting :attr:`__cached__` is deprecated. See
+      Setting :attr:`~module.__cached__` is deprecated. See
       :class:`~importlib.machinery.ModuleSpec` for alternatives.