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25 IPython 8.0 is bringing a number of new features and improvements to both the
25 IPython 8.0 is bringing a large number of new features and improvements to both the
26 26 user of the terminal and of the kernel via Jupyter. The removal of compatibility
27 27 with older version of Python is also the opportunity to do a couple of
28 28 performance improvement in particular with respect to startup time.
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30 The main change in IPython 8.0 is the integration of the ``stack_data`` package;
30 This release contains 250+ Pull requests, in addition to many of the features
31 and backports that have made it to the 7.x branch.
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33 We removed almost all features, arguments, functions, and modules that were
34 marked as deprecated between IPython 1.0 and 5.0 and before. As reminder 5.0 was
35 released in 2016, and 1.0 in 2013. Last release of the 5 branch was 5.10.0, in
36 may 2020. The few remaining deprecated features have better deprecation warnings
37 or errors.
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39 There are many change in IPython 8.0 will will try to describe subsequently,
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42 The first on is the integration of the ``stack_data`` package;
31 43 which provide smarter information in traceback; in particular it will highlight
32 44 the AST node where an error occurs which can help to quickly narrow down errors.
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50 62 return x[0][i][0]
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66 Numfocus Small Developer Grant
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53 69 To prepare for Python 3.10 we have also started working on removing reliance and
54 70 any dependency that is not Python 3.10 compatible; that include migrating our
55 test suite to Pytest, and starting to remove nose.
71 test suite to pytest, and starting to remove nose. This also mean that the
72 ``iptest`` command is now gone, and all testing is via pytest.
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74 This was in bog part thanks the NumFOCUS Small Developer grant, we were able to
75 allocate 4000 to hire `Nikita Kniazev @Kojoley <https://github.com/Kojoley>`__
76 who did a fantastic job at updating our code base, migrating to pytest, pushing
77 our coverage, and fixing a large number of bugs. I highly recommend contacting
78 them if you need help with C++ and Python projects
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57 We are also removing support for Python 3.6 allowing internal code to use more
80 You can find all relevant issues and PRs with the SDG 2021 tag:
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82 https://github.com/ipython/ipython/issues?q=label%3A%22Numfocus+SDG+2021%22+
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84 Removing support for Older Python
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88 We are also removing support for Python up to 3.7 allowing internal code to use more
58 89 efficient ``pathlib``, and make better use of type annotations.
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91 IMAGE : Pathlib, pathlib everywhere.
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60 93 The completer has also seen significant updates and make use of newer Jedi API
61 94 offering faster and more reliable tab completion.
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168 201 For more information please see unit test -
169 202 extensions/tests/test_autoreload.py : 'test_autoload_newly_added_objects'
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205 Miscelanious
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208 Minimum supported
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