17 files changed, 110 insertions, 51 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
index 053ba562f8f..ccc600537ea 100644
--- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised.
       :exc:`VMSError`, :exc:`socket.error`, :exc:`select.error` and
       :exc:`mmap.error` have been merged into :exc:`OSError`.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+
+      The :attr:`filename` attribute is now the original file name passed to
+      the function, instead of the name encoded to or decoded from the
+      filesystem encoding.
+
 
 .. exception:: OverflowError
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/gc.rst b/Doc/library/gc.rst
index 41bda1e3517..95df2f83e49 100644
--- a/Doc/library/gc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/gc.rst
@@ -67,6 +67,24 @@ The :mod:`gc` module provides the following functions:
    returned.
 
 
+.. function:: get_stats()
+
+   Return a list of 3 per-generation dictionaries containing collection
+   statistics since interpreter start.  At this moment, each dictionary will
+   contain the following items:
+
+   * ``collections`` is the number of times this generation was collected;
+
+   * ``collected`` is the total number of objects collected inside this
+     generation;
+
+   * ``uncollectable`` is the total number of objects which were found
+     to be uncollectable (and were therefore moved to the :data:`garbage`
+     list) inside this generation.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+
 .. function:: set_threshold(threshold0[, threshold1[, threshold2]])
 
    Set the garbage collection thresholds (the collection frequency). Setting
diff --git a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
index bc8ab2ca6d3..4f5aac9080d 100644
--- a/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/hashlib.rst
@@ -51,9 +51,13 @@ concatenation of the data fed to it so far using the :meth:`digest` or
 .. index:: single: OpenSSL; (use in module hashlib)
 
 Constructors for hash algorithms that are always present in this module are
-:func:`md5`, :func:`sha1`, :func:`sha224`, :func:`sha256`, :func:`sha384`, and
-:func:`sha512`.  Additional algorithms may also be available depending upon the
-OpenSSL library that Python uses on your platform.
+:func:`md5`, :func:`sha1`, :func:`sha224`, :func:`sha256`, :func:`sha384`,
+:func:`sha512`, :func:`sha3_224`, :func:`sha3_256`, :func:`sha3_384`, and
+:func:`sha3_512`. Additional algorithms may also be available depending upon
+the OpenSSL library that Python uses on your platform.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      Add sha3 family of hash algorithms.
 
 For example, to obtain the digest of the byte string ``b'Nobody inspects the
 spammish repetition'``::
diff --git a/Doc/library/http.server.rst b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
index cbad3ed3610..0577d5e9fdd 100644
--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ of which this module provides three different variants:
       complete set of headers is sent, followed by text composed using the
       :attr:`error_message_format` class variable.
 
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+         The error response includes a Content-Length header.
+
    .. method:: send_response(code, message=None)
 
       Adds a response header to the headers buffer and logs the accepted
diff --git a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
index 1391ed29a2a..16d3294832f 100644
--- a/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/logging.config.rst
@@ -76,11 +76,23 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in
 
 .. function:: fileConfig(fname, defaults=None, disable_existing_loggers=True)
 
-   Reads the logging configuration from a :mod:`configparser`\-format file
-   named *fname*. This function can be called several times from an
-   application, allowing an end user to select from various pre-canned
-   configurations (if the developer provides a mechanism to present the choices
-   and load the chosen configuration).
+   Reads the logging configuration from a :mod:`configparser`\-format file.
+   This function can be called several times from an application, allowing an
+   end user to select from various pre-canned configurations (if the developer
+   provides a mechanism to present the choices and load the chosen
+   configuration).
+
+   :param fname: A filename, or a file-like object, or an instance derived
+                 from :class:`~configparser.RawConfigParser`. If a
+                 ``RawConfigParser``-derived instance is passed, it is used as
+                 is. Otherwise, a :class:`~configparser.Configparser` is
+                 instantiated, and the configuration read by it from the
+                 object passed in ``fname``. If that has a :meth:`readline`
+                 method, it is assumed to be a file-like object and read using
+                 :meth:`~configparser.ConfigParser.read_file`; otherwise,
+                 it is assumed to be a filename and passed to
+                 :meth:`~configparser.ConfigParser.read`.
+
 
    :param defaults: Defaults to be passed to the ConfigParser can be specified
                     in this argument.
@@ -94,8 +106,17 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in
                                     their ancestors are explicitly named in the
                                     logging configuration.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      An instance of a subclass of :class:`~configparser.RawConfigParser` is
+      now accepted as a value for ``fname``. This facilitates:
+
+      * Use of a configuration file where logging configuration is just part
+        of the overall application configuration.
+      * Use of a configuration read from a file, and then modified by the using
+        application (e.g. based on command-line parameters or other aspects
+        of the runtime environment) before being passed to ``fileConfig``.
 
-.. function:: listen(port=DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PORT)
+.. function:: listen(port=DEFAULT_LOGGING_CONFIG_PORT, verify=None)
 
    Starts up a socket server on the specified port, and listens for new
    configurations. If no port is specified, the module's default
@@ -105,6 +126,17 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in
    server, and which you can :meth:`join` when appropriate. To stop the server,
    call :func:`stopListening`.
 
+   The ``verify`` argument, if specified, should be a callable which should
+   verify whether bytes received across the socket are valid and should be
+   processed. This could be done by encrypting and/or signing what is sent
+   across the socket, such that the ``verify`` callable can perform
+   signature verification and/or decryption. The ``verify`` callable is called
+   with a single argument - the bytes received across the socket - and should
+   return the bytes to be processed, or None to indicate that the bytes should
+   be discarded. The returned bytes could be the same as the passed in bytes
+   (e.g. when only verification is done), or they could be completely different
+   (perhaps if decryption were performed).
+
    To send a configuration to the socket, read in the configuration file and
    send it to the socket as a string of bytes preceded by a four-byte length
    string packed in binary using ``struct.pack('>L', n)``.
@@ -121,7 +153,12 @@ in :mod:`logging` itself) and defining handlers which are declared either in
       :func:`listen` socket and sending a configuration which runs whatever
       code the attacker wants to have executed in the victim's process. This is
       especially easy to do if the default port is used, but not hard even if a
-      different port is used).
+      different port is used). To avoid the risk of this happening, use the
+      ``verify`` argument to :func:`listen` to prevent unrecognised
+      configurations from being applied.
+
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4.
+      The ``verify`` argument was added.
 
 .. function:: stopListening()
 
diff --git a/Doc/library/operator.rst b/Doc/library/operator.rst
index 3860880bf0e..877a79069b6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/operator.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/operator.rst
@@ -235,6 +235,14 @@ their character equivalents.
 
 .. XXX: find a better, readable, example
 
+.. function:: length_hint(obj, default=0)
+
+   Return an estimated length for the object *o*. First trying to return its
+   actual length, then an estimate using :meth:`object.__length_hint__`, and
+   finally returning the default value.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
 The :mod:`operator` module also defines tools for generalized attribute and item
 lookups.  These are useful for making fast field extractors as arguments for
 :func:`map`, :func:`sorted`, :meth:`itertools.groupby`, or other functions that
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.path.rst b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
index 20a84b618a3..1053fa35db5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.path.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.path.rst
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ applications should use string objects to access all files.
    * :mod:`posixpath` for UNIX-style paths
    * :mod:`ntpath` for Windows paths
    * :mod:`macpath` for old-style MacOS paths
-   * :mod:`os2emxpath` for OS/2 EMX paths
 
 
 .. function:: abspath(path)
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index e253aac1072..f4e4d6fdd38 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Notes on the availability of these functions:
 
    The name of the operating system dependent module imported.  The following
    names have currently been registered: ``'posix'``, ``'nt'``, ``'mac'``,
-   ``'os2'``, ``'ce'``, ``'java'``.
+   ``'ce'``, ``'java'``.
 
    .. seealso::
       :attr:`sys.platform` has a finer granularity.  :func:`os.uname` gives
diff --git a/Doc/library/pty.rst b/Doc/library/pty.rst
index 2b9385b5f9e..90baec542fe 100644
--- a/Doc/library/pty.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/pty.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ The :mod:`pty` module defines the following functions:
    a file descriptor. The defaults try to read 1024 bytes each time they are
    called.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      :func:`spawn` now returns the status value from :func:`os.waitpid`
+      on the child process.
 
 Example
 -------
diff --git a/Doc/library/shutil.rst b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
index 080c9233a9a..b2efcbdd486 100644
--- a/Doc/library/shutil.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/shutil.rst
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Directory and files operations
    *dst* and return *dst*.  *src* and *dst* are path names given as strings.
    *dst* must be the complete target file name; look at :func:`shutil.copy`
    for a copy that accepts a target directory path.  If *src* and *dst*
-   specify the same file, :exc:`Error` is raised.
+   specify the same file, :exc:`SameFileError` is raised.
 
    The destination location must be writable; otherwise, an :exc:`OSError`
    exception will be raised. If *dst* already exists, it will be replaced.
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ Directory and files operations
       Added *follow_symlinks* argument.
       Now returns *dst*.
 
+   .. versionchanged:: 3.4
+      Raise :exc:`SameFileError` instead of :exc:`Error`.  Since the former is
+      a subclass of the latter, this change is backward compatible.
+
+
+.. exception:: SameFileError
+
+   This exception is raised if source and destination in :func:`copyfile`
+   are the same file.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
+
 .. function:: copymode(src, dst, *, follow_symlinks=True)
 
    Copy the permission bits from *src* to *dst*.  The file contents, owner, and
diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst
index cd6d4bfb91a..0da2be80092 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sys.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst
@@ -837,8 +837,6 @@ always available.
    Windows          ``'win32'``
    Windows/Cygwin   ``'cygwin'``
    Mac OS X         ``'darwin'``
-   OS/2             ``'os2'``
-   OS/2 EMX         ``'os2emx'``
    ================ ===========================
 
    .. versionchanged:: 3.3
@@ -1117,7 +1115,6 @@ always available.
    | :const:`name`    | Name of the thread implementation:                      |
    |                  |                                                         |
    |                  |  * ``'nt'``: Windows threads                            |
-   |                  |  * ``'os2'``: OS/2 threads                              |
    |                  |  * ``'pthread'``: POSIX threads                         |
    |                  |  * ``'solaris'``: Solaris threads                       |
    +------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+
diff --git a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
index c47dcce83cf..535ac54b3c0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/sysconfig.rst
@@ -83,8 +83,6 @@ Python currently supports seven schemes:
   located under the user home directory.
 - *nt*: scheme for NT platforms like Windows.
 - *nt_user*: scheme for NT platforms, when the *user* option is used.
-- *os2*: scheme for OS/2 platforms.
-- *os2_home*: scheme for OS/2 patforms, when the *user* option is used.
 
 Each scheme is itself composed of a series of paths and each path has a unique
 identifier.  Python currently uses eight paths:
diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst
index a4879179249..0cc15868db6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ The module defines three convenience functions and a public class:
          t = Timer(...)       # outside the try/except
          try:
              t.timeit(...)    # or t.repeat(...)
-         except:
+         except Exception:
              t.print_exc()
 
       The advantage over the standard traceback is that source lines in the
diff --git a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
index 83a53755756..377694f8640 100644
--- a/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/tkinter.rst
@@ -750,32 +750,6 @@ Entry widget indexes (index, view index, etc.)
    displayed.  You can use these :mod:`tkinter` functions to access these special
    points in text widgets:
 
-.. function:: AtEnd()
-      refers to the last position in the text
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-
-.. function:: AtInsert()
-      refers to the point where the text cursor is
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-
-.. function:: AtSelFirst()
-      indicates the beginning point of the selected text
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-
-.. function:: AtSelLast()
-      denotes the last point of the selected text and finally
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-
-.. function:: At(x[, y])
-      refers to the character at pixel location *x*, *y* (with *y* not used in the
-      case of a text entry widget, which contains a single line of text).
-
-   .. deprecated:: 3.3
-
 Text widget indexes
    The index notation for Text widgets is very rich and is best described in the Tk
    man pages.
diff --git a/Doc/library/traceback.rst b/Doc/library/traceback.rst
index 32e57337fae..0533beaf8c3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/traceback.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/traceback.rst
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ module. ::
        source = input(">>> ")
        try:
            exec(source, envdir)
-       except:
+       except Exception:
            print("Exception in user code:")
            print("-"*60)
            traceback.print_exc(file=sys.stdout)
diff --git a/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst b/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst
index 3787c36d868..d05142a4d76 100644
--- a/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/unicodedata.rst
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database (UCD) which
 defines character properties for all Unicode characters. The data contained in
-this database is compiled from the `UCD version 6.1.0
-<http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.1.0/ucd>`_.
+this database is compiled from the `UCD version 6.2.0
+<http://www.unicode.org/Public/6.2.0/ucd>`_.
 
 The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by Unicode
 Standard Annex #44, `"Unicode Character Database"
diff --git a/Doc/library/venv.rst b/Doc/library/venv.rst
index 24999621a1d..b2ecd938d22 100644
--- a/Doc/library/venv.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/venv.rst
@@ -75,8 +75,8 @@ creation according to their needs, the :class:`EnvBuilder` class.
     * ``system_site_packages`` -- a Boolean value indicating that the system Python
       site-packages should be available to the environment (defaults to ``False``).
 
-    * ``clear`` -- a Boolean value which, if True, will delete any existing target
-      directory instead of raising an exception (defaults to ``False``).
+    * ``clear`` -- a Boolean value which, if True, will delete the contents of
+      any existing target directory, before creating the environment.
 
     * ``symlinks`` -- a Boolean value indicating whether to attempt to symlink the
       Python binary (and any necessary DLLs or other binaries,
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ creation according to their needs, the :class:`EnvBuilder` class.
       upgraded in-place (defaults to ``False``).
 
 
-
     Creators of third-party virtual environment tools will be free to use the
     provided ``EnvBuilder`` class as a base class.