Version 3.6.3

3.6.3 (27 September 2024) - hotfix:

Fixed

• Fix interactive console failing on macro imports.
  • Now __init__.py imports mcpyrate.activate as soon as possible.
  • Neither in-tree tests nor the CI automation detected this. It was only when running macropython -i (or IPython with the mcpyrate.repl.iconsole extension) in a separate terminal window, against an installed mcpyrate, that this error came up.
  • For those arriving from Google, the error message was: ImportError: cannot import name 'macros' from 'mcpyrate.quotes'

No other changes to 3.6.2, original announcement below.

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3.6.2 (27 September 2024) - New tree snakes edition:

IMPORTANT:

• Minimum Python language version is now 3.8.
  • We support 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, and PyPy3 (language versions 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10).
  • Python 3.6 and 3.7 support dropped, as these language versions have officially reached end-of-life. If you need mcpyrate for Python 3.6 or 3.7, use version 3.6.1.

New:

• Python 3.12 support.

  • Support the type statement (Python 3.12 type alias) when fixing ctx attributes in the global postprocess pass.
  • The unparser now supports the type statement (Python 3.12 type alias).
    • Please note that I pretty much don't use the static typing features of Python myself. This is implemented following the spec, but testing has been rather minimal, so bug reports are welcome!
    • For the curious, the relevant parts of the official Python documentation are:
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#type-parameters
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#ast.TypeAlias
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#ast.TypeVar
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#ast.ParamSpec
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/ast.html#ast.TypeVarTuple
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.TypeVar
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.ParamSpec
      • https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html#typing.TypeVarTuple

• Python 3.11 support.

  • Consider also end_lineno and end_col_offset when fixing AST locations in the global postprocess pass.
    • This is literally the only thing we currently do with end_lineno and end_col_offset.
    • Python 3.11's AST validator (now part of the CPython compiler as of 3.11+) checks e.g. that end_lineno >= lineno.
  • The unparser now supports the try/except* construct (Python 3.11 exception groups).

• New module mcpyrate.astcompat, moved from unpythonic.syntax.astcompat. This module handles version differences in the ast module in various versions of Python.

Fixed:

• Fix #41. The unparser now supports match/case (Python 3.10 pattern matching).
• Fix bug in unparser: a class definition with no bases or keywords should not emit parentheses after the class name.
• Fix bug in rename: rename also in global and nonlocal declarations, and (Python 3.10+) in match/case captures.
• Update links in relevant parts of mcpyrate documentation to point to Python's official AST documentation instead of GTS (Green Tree Snakes).
  • Nowadays Python has proper AST documentation.
  • Thus the separate GTS resource is no longer needed, and is effectively dead as of September 2024.