From: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:13:51 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: gh-106535: Document soft deprecations in What's New In Python 3.13 (#106859)
X-Git-Tag: v3.13.0a1~1348
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3535ef1eec2563bbd7bff7c830465441fbbf759e;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

gh-106535: Document soft deprecations in What's New In Python 3.13 (#106859)
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
index 0181e16f7d9b..479d08b24b11 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst
@@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ Deprecated
   Replace ``ctypes.ARRAY(item_type, size)`` with ``item_type * size``.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`105733`.)
 
+* The :mod:`getopt` and :mod:`optparse` modules are now
+  :term:`soft deprecated`: the :mod:`argparse` should be used for new projects.
+  Previously, the :mod:`optparse` module was already deprecated, its removal
+  was not scheduled, and no warnings was emitted: so there is no change in
+  practice.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`106535`.)
+
 Pending Removal in Python 3.14
 ------------------------------
 
@@ -946,6 +953,11 @@ Removed
   :c:func:`PyInterpreterState_Get()` on Python 3.8 and older.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`106320`.)
 
+* The :c:func:`PyModule_AddObject` function is now :term:`soft deprecated`:
+  :c:func:`PyModule_Add` or :c:func:`PyModule_AddObjectRef` functions should
+  be used instead.
+  (Contributed by Serhiy Storchaka in :gh:`86493`.)
+
 Pending Removal in Python 3.14
 ------------------------------