Merge branch 'master' of github.com:python/cpython into fix-issue-36982

Resolve conflicts
websurfer5 · May 21, 2019 · May 22, 2019 · May 23, 2019 · May 24, 2019 · May 24, 2019
commit 696a83ce6cd641c96e07ab45afa26bfa44fc8f07
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst
@@ -361,6 +361,23 @@ support is provided by the underlying ncurses library.
 (Contributed by Jeffrey Kintscher in :issue:`36982`.)
 
 
+functools
+---------
+
+:func:`functools.lru_cache` can now be used as a straight decorator rather
+than as a function returning a decorator.  So both of these are now supported::
+
+    @lru_cache
+    def f(x):
+        ...
+
+    @lru_cache(maxsize=256)
+    def f(x):
+        ...
+
+(Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :issue:`36772`.)
+
+
 datetime
 --------
 
@@ -459,6 +476,24 @@ Added new function :func:`math.isqrt` for computing integer square roots.
 (Contributed by Mark Dickinson in :issue:`36887`.)
 
 
+mmap
+----
+
+The :class:`mmap.mmap` class now has an :meth:`~mmap.mmap.madvise` method to
+access the ``madvise()`` system call.
+(Contributed by Zackery Spytz in :issue:`32941`.)
+
+
+multiprocessing
+---------------
+
+Added new :mod:`multiprocessing.shared_memory` module.
+(Contributed Davin Potts in :issue:`35813`.)
+
+On macOS, the *spawn* start method is now used by default.
+(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`33725`.)
+
+
 os
 --