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  What's new in Python 3.16
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:Editor: TBD

.. Rules for maintenance:

   * Anyone can add text to this document.  Do not spend very much time
   on the wording of your changes, because your text will probably
   get rewritten to some degree.

   * The maintainer will go through Misc/NEWS periodically and add
   changes; it's therefore more important to add your changes to
   Misc/NEWS than to this file.

   * This is not a complete list of every single change; completeness
   is the purpose of Misc/NEWS.  Some changes I consider too small
   or esoteric to include.  If such a change is added to the text,
   I'll just remove it.  (This is another reason you shouldn't spend
   too much time on writing your addition.)

   * If you want to draw your new text to the attention of the
   maintainer, add 'XXX' to the beginning of the paragraph or
   section.

   * It's OK to just add a fragmentary note about a change.  For
   example: "XXX Describe the transmogrify() function added to the
   socket module."  The maintainer will research the change and
   write the necessary text.

   * You can comment out your additions if you like, but it's not
   necessary (especially when a final release is some months away).

   * Credit the author of a patch or bugfix.   Just the name is
   sufficient; the e-mail address isn't necessary.

   * It's helpful to add the issue number as a comment:

   XXX Describe the transmogrify() function added to the socket
   module.
   (Contributed by P.Y. Developer in :gh:`12345`.)

   This saves the maintainer the effort of going through the VCS log
   when researching a change.

This article explains the new features in Python 3.16, compared to 3.15.

For full details, see the :ref:`changelog <changelog>`.

.. note::

   Prerelease users should be aware that this document is currently in draft
   form. It will be updated substantially as Python 3.16 moves towards release,
   so it's worth checking back even after reading earlier versions.


Summary --- release highlights
==============================

.. This section singles out the most important changes in Python 3.16.
   Brevity is key.


.. PEP-sized items next.



New features
============



Other language changes
======================



New modules
===========

* None yet.


Improved modules
================

module_name
-----------

* TODO

.. Add improved modules above alphabetically, not here at the end.

Optimizations
=============

module_name
-----------

* TODO



Removed
=======

annotationlib
-------------

* The :meth:`!annotationlib.ForwardRef._evaluate` method
  which has been deprecated since Python 3.14.
  Use :meth:`annotationlib.ForwardRef.evaluate`
  or :func:`typing.evaluate_forward_ref` instead.

asyncio
-------

* The :func:`!asyncio.iscoroutinefunction`
  which has been deprecated since Python 3.14.
  Use :func:`inspect.iscoroutinefunction` instead.

functools
---------

* Calling the Python implementation of :func:`functools.reduce` with *function*
  or *sequence* as keyword arguments has been deprecated since Python 3.14.

logging
-------

* Support for custom logging handlers with the *strm* argument is deprecated
  and scheduled for removal in Python 3.16. Define handlers with the *stream*
  argument instead.

mimetypes
---------

* Valid extensions start with a '.' or are empty for
  :meth:`mimetypes.MimeTypes.add_type`.
  Undotted extensions now raise a :exc:`ValueError`.

symtable
--------

* The :meth:`!symtable.Class.get_methods` method
  which has been deprecated since Python 3.14.

sys
---

* The :func:`!_enablelegacywindowsfsencoding` function
  which has been deprecated since Python 3.13.
  Use the :envvar:`PYTHONLEGACYWINDOWSFSENCODING` environment variable instead.
  (Contributed by Stan Ulbrych in :gh:`149595`.)

sysconfig
---------

* The :func:`!sysconfig.expand_makefile_vars` function
  which has been deprecated since Python 3.14.
  Use the ``vars`` argument of :func:`sysconfig.get_paths` instead.

tarfile
-------

* The undocumented and unused :attr:`!tarfile.TarFile.tarfile` attribute
  has been deprecated since Python 3.13.

.. Add removals above alphabetically, not here at the end.


Deprecated
==========

* module_name:
  TODO


.. Add deprecations above alphabetically, not here at the end.


Porting to Python 3.16
======================

This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes
that may require changes to your code.


Build changes
=============

* Remove the bundled copy of the libmpdec_ decimal library from the CPython source tree
  to simplify maintenence and updates. The :mod:`decimal` module will now
  unconditionally use the system's libmpdec decimal library. Also remove the
  now unused :option:`!--with-system-libmpdec` :program:`configure` flag.
  This change has no impact on binary releases of Python, which have been
  built against a separate copy of libmpdec for the past several releases.

  (Contributed by Sergey B Kirpichev in :gh:`115119`.)

  .. _libmpdec: https://www.bytereef.org/mpdecimal/


C API changes
=============

New features
------------

* TODO

Porting to Python 3.16
----------------------

* TODO

Deprecated C APIs
-----------------

* TODO

.. Add C API deprecations above alphabetically, not here at the end.

Removed C APIs
--------------
