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74 changes: 37 additions & 37 deletions doc/whatsnew/3/3.3/index.rst
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Expand Up @@ -24,16 +24,16 @@ For details, see: https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/pull/10482#issuecomment-3
False Positives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix false positives for `possibly-used-before-assignment` when variables are exhaustively
assigned within a `match` block.
- Fix false positives for :ref:`possibly-used-before-assignment` when variables are exhaustively
assigned within a :keyword:`match` block.

Closes #9668 (`#9668 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9668>`_)

- Fix false positive for `missing-raises-doc` and `missing-yield-doc` when the method length is less than docstring-min-length.
- Fix false positive for :ref:`missing-raises-doc` and :ref:`missing-yield-doc` when the method length is less than docstring-min-length.

Refs #10104 (`#10104 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10104>`_)

- Fix a false positive for ``unused-variable`` when multiple except handlers bind the same name under a try block.
- Fix a false positive for :ref:`unused-variable` when multiple except handlers bind the same name under a try block.

Closes #10426 (`#10426 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10426>`_)

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False Negatives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix false-negative for ``used-before-assignment`` with ``from __future__ import annotations`` in function definitions.
- Fix false-negative for :ref:`used-before-assignment` with ``from __future__ import annotations`` in function definitions.

Refs #10482 (`#10482 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10482>`_)

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False Positives Fixed
---------------------

- Comparisons between two calls to `type()` won't raise an ``unidiomatic-typecheck`` warning anymore, consistent with the behavior applied only for ``==`` previously.
- Comparisons between two calls to `type()` won't raise an :ref:`unidiomatic-typecheck` warning anymore, consistent with the behavior applied only for ``==`` previously.

Closes #10161 (`#10161 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10161>`_)

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Closes #10282 (`#10282 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10282>`_)

- Using a slice as a class decorator now raises a ``not-callable`` message instead of crashing. A lot of checks that dealt with decorators (too many to list) are now shortcut if the decorator can't immediately be inferred to a function or class definition.
- Using a slice as a class decorator now raises a :ref:`not-callable` message instead of crashing. A lot of checks that dealt with decorators (too many to list) are now shortcut if the decorator can't immediately be inferred to a function or class definition.

Closes #10334 (`#10334 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10334>`_)

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Other Changes
-------------

- The algorithm used for ``no-member`` suggestions is now more efficient and cuts the
- The algorithm used for :ref:`no-member` suggestions is now more efficient and cuts the
calculation when the distance score is already above the threshold.

Refs #10277 (`#10277 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10277>`_)
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False Positives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix a false positive for `used-before-assignment` when an inner function's return type
- Fix a false positive for :ref:`used-before-assignment` when an inner function's return type
annotation is a class defined at module scope.

Closes #9391 (`#9391 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9391>`_)
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False Positives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix false positives for `use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison`, `use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-string`
and `use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-zero` when chained comparisons are checked.
- Fix false positives for :ref:`use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison`, :ref:`use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-string`
and :ref:`use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison-to-zero` when chained comparisons are checked.

Closes #10065 (`#10065 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10065>`_)

- Fix a false positive for ``invalid-getnewargs-ex-returned`` when the tuple or dict has been assigned to a name.
- Fix a false positive for :ref:`invalid-getnewargs-ex-returned` when the tuple or dict has been assigned to a name.

Closes #10208 (`#10208 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10208>`_)

- Remove `getopt` and `optparse` from the list of deprecated modules.
- Remove :py:mod:`getopt` and :py:mod:`optparse` from the list of deprecated modules.

Closes #10211 (`#10211 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10211>`_)

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Other Bug Fixes
---------------

- Fixed conditional import x.y causing false positive possibly-used-before-assignment.
- Fixed conditional import x.y causing false positive :ref:`possibly-used-before-assignment`.

Closes #10081 (`#10081 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10081>`_)

- Fix a crash when something besides a class is found in an except handler.

Closes #10106 (`#10106 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10106>`_)

- Fixed raising invalid-name when using camelCase for private methods with two leading underscores.
- Fixed raising :ref:`invalid-name` when using camelCase for private methods with two leading underscores.

Closes #10189 (`#10189 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10189>`_)

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False Positives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix false positives for ``undefined-variable`` for classes using Python 3.12
- Fix false positives for :ref:`undefined-variable` for classes using Python 3.12
generic type syntax.

Closes #9335 (`#9335 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9335>`_)

- Fix a false positive for `use-implicit-booleaness-not-len`. No lint should be emitted for
generators (`len` is not defined for generators).
- Fix a false positive for :ref:`use-implicit-booleaness-not-len`. No lint should be emitted for
generators (:py:func:`len` is not defined for generators).

Refs #10100 (`#10100 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10100>`_)

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False Positives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix a false positive for `potential-index-error` when an indexed iterable
- Fix a false positive for :ref:`potential-index-error` when an indexed iterable
contains a starred element that evaluates to more than one item.

Closes #10076 (`#10076 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/10076>`_)
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New Features
------------

- Add new `declare-non-slot` error which reports when a class has a `__slots__` member and a type hint on the class is not present in `__slots__`.
- Add new :ref:`declare-non-slot` error which reports when a class has a `__slots__` member and a type hint on the class is not present in `__slots__`.

Refs #9499 (`#9499 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9499>`_)

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New Checks
----------

- Added `too-many-positional-arguments` to allow distinguishing the configuration for too many
- Added :ref:`too-many-positional-arguments` to allow distinguishing the configuration for too many
total arguments (with keyword-only params specified after `*`) from the configuration
for too many positional-or-keyword or positional-only arguments.

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Closes #9099 (`#9099 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9099>`_)

- Add `using-exception-groups-in-unsupported-version` and
`using-generic-type-syntax-in-unsupported-version` for uses of Python 3.11+ or
3.12+ features on lower supported versions provided with `--py-version`.
- Add :ref:`using-exception-groups-in-unsupported-version` and
:ref:`using-generic-type-syntax-in-unsupported-version` for uses of Python 3.11+ or
3.12+ features on lower supported versions provided with ``--py-version``.

Closes #9791 (`#9791 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9791>`_)

- Add `using-assignment-expression-in-unsupported-version` for uses of `:=` (walrus operator)
on Python versions below 3.8 provided with `--py-version`.
- Add :ref:`using-assignment-expression-in-unsupported-version` for uses of ``:=`` (walrus operator)
on Python versions below 3.8 provided with ``--py-version``.

Closes #9820 (`#9820 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9820>`_)

- Add `using-positional-only-args-in-unsupported-version` for uses of positional-only args on
Python versions below 3.8 provided with `--py-version`.
- Add :ref:`using-positional-only-args-in-unsupported-version` for uses of positional-only args on
Python versions below 3.8 provided with ``--py-version``.

Closes #9823 (`#9823 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9823>`_)

- Add ``unnecessary-default-type-args`` to the ``typing`` extension to detect the use
of unnecessary default type args for ``typing.Generator`` and ``typing.AsyncGenerator``.
- Add :ref:`unnecessary-default-type-args` to the ``typing`` extension to detect the use
of unnecessary default type args for :py:class:`typing.Generator` and :py:class:`typing.AsyncGenerator`.

Refs #9938 (`#9938 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9938>`_)

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False Negatives Fixed
---------------------

- Fix computation of never-returning function: `Never` is handled in addition to `NoReturn`, and priority is given to the explicit `--never-returning-functions` option.
- Fix computation of never-returning function: :py:class:`typing.Never` is handled in addition to :py:class:`typing.NoReturn`, and priority is given to the explicit `--never-returning-functions` option.

Closes #7565. (`#7565 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/7565>`_)

- Fix a false negative for `await-outside-async` when await is inside Lambda.
- Fix a false negative for :ref:`await-outside-async` when await is inside Lambda.

Refs #9653 (`#9653 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9653>`_)

- Fix a false negative for ``duplicate-argument-name`` by including ``positional-only``, ``*args`` and ``**kwargs`` arguments in the check.
- Fix a false negative for :ref:`duplicate-argument-name` by including ``positional-only``, ``*args`` and ``**kwargs`` arguments in the check.

Closes #9669 (`#9669 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9669>`_)

- Fix false negative for `multiple-statements` when multiple statements are present on `else` and `finally` lines of `try`.
- Fix false negative for :ref:`multiple-statements` when multiple statements are present on :keyword:`else` and :keyword:`finally` lines of :keyword:`try`.

Refs #9759 (`#9759 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9759>`_)

- Fix false negatives when `isinstance` does not have exactly two arguments.
pylint now emits a `too-many-function-args` or `no-value-for-parameter`
appropriately for `isinstance` calls.
- Fix false negatives when :py:func::`isinstance` does not have exactly two arguments.
pylint now emits a :ref:`too-many-function-args` or :ref:`no-value-for-parameter`
appropriately for :py:func:`isinstance` calls.

Closes #9847 (`#9847 <https://github.com/pylint-dev/pylint/issues/9847>`_)

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