Misc updates to Whatsnew 3.12

python · rhettinger · May 25, 2023 · May 24, 2023 · May 24, 2023 · May 25, 2023
commit bdfe8788e50bd27eaae33c74e699ed3620ebb304
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ Other Language Changes
   (Contributed by Nikita Sobolev in :gh:`100581`.)
 
 * :class:`slice` objects are now hashable, allowing them to be used as dict keys and
-  set items. (Contributed by Will Bradshaw and Furkan Onder in :gh:`101264`.)
+  set items. (Contributed by Will Bradshaw, Furkan Onder, and Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`101264`.)
+
+* :func:`sum` now uses Neumaier summation to improve accuracy when summing
+  floats or mixed ints and floats.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`100425`.)
 
 * Exceptions raised in a typeobject's ``__set_name__`` method are no longer
   wrapped by a :exc:`RuntimeError`. Context information is added to the
@@ -499,6 +503,10 @@ math
 * Added :func:`math.sumprod` for computing a sum of products.
   (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`100485`.)
 
+* Extended :func:`math.nextafter` to include a `steps` argument
+  for moving up or down multiple steps at a time.
+  (By Matthias Goergens, Mark Dickinson, and Raymond Hettingerin :gh:`94906`.)
+
 os
 --
 
@@ -541,6 +549,15 @@ pdb
   value.
   (Contributed by Tian Gao in :gh:`103693`.)
 
+random
+------
+
+* Added :func:`random.binomialvariate`.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`81620`.)
+
+* Added a default parameter of `lamb=1.0` to :func:`random.expovariate`.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`100234`.)
+
 shutil
 ------
 
@@ -594,6 +611,13 @@ sqlite3
   to make configuration changes to a database connection.
   (Contributed by Erlend E. Aasland in :gh:`103489`.)
 
+statistics
+----------
+
+* Extended :func:`statistics.correlation` to include as a `ranked` method
+  for computing the Spearman correlation of ranked data.
+  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger in :gh:`95861`.)
+
 threading
 ---------