bpo-19903: IDLE: Calltips changed to use inspect.signature by mlouielu · Pull Request #2822 · python/cpython (original) (raw)

Funny you should ask. When 3.6.0b1 came out, I stopped backporting to anything before 3.6: too much work and too much danger of regressions. In testing this, I noticed that ')' no longer closes calltips -- a bad regression since 3.6.2. Since repository 3.6.2+ has the same problem, it is definitely not this patch. I suspect bpo-30723. Of course, there is no test of such behaviors.

That aside, this patch would have less effect in 3.5 (pre-Arg Clinic, I believe), and the
last 3.5 maintenance release candidate is already out, so it is effectively in security-fix only mode.

too dangerousCurrently, everything is backported to 3.6, and only 3.6. The last 3.5 maintenance release candidate was issued a week ago, so it is effectively in security-only mode.