Merge 367c441a8e into 68fe899feb

Doc/deprecations/pending-removal-in-3.20.rst

@@ -53,3 +53,8 @@ Pending removal in Python 3.20
 
   * Creating instances of abstract AST nodes (such as :class:`ast.AST`
     or :class:`!ast.expr`) is deprecated and will raise an error in Python 3.20.
+  * Classes ``slice``, ``Index``, ``ExtSlice``, ``Suite``, ``Param``,
+    ``AugLoad`` and ``AugStore``, will be removed in Python 3.20. These types
+    are not generated by the parser or accepted by the code generator.
+  * The ``dims`` property of ``ast.Tuple`` will be removed in Python 3.20. Use
+    the ``ast.Tuple.elts`` property instead.

Doc/whatsnew/3.15.rst

@@ -1888,6 +1888,17 @@ New deprecations
 
     (Contributed by Nikita Sobolev in :gh:`136355`.)
 
+* :mod:`ast`:
+
+  * Classes ``slice``, ``Index``, ``ExtSlice``, ``Suite``, ``Param``,
+    ``AugLoad`` and ``AugStore``, deprecated since Python 3.9, are no longer
+    imported by ``from ast import *`` and issue a deprecation warning on
+    use. The classes are slated for removal in Python 3.20. These types are not
+    generated by the parser or accepted by the code generator.
+  * The ``dims`` property of ``ast.Tuple`` objects, deprecated since Python
+    3.9, now issues a deprecation warning on use. This property is slated for
+    removal in 3.20. Use ``ast.Tuple.elts`` instead.
+
 * :mod:`collections.abc`
 
   * The following statements now cause ``DeprecationWarning``\ s to be emitted

Lib/ast.py

@@ -629,9 +629,13 @@ def __new__(cls, dims=(), **kwargs):
 
     def _dims_getter(self):
         """Deprecated. Use elts instead."""
+        import warnings
+        warnings._deprecated(f"ast.Tuple.dims", remove=(3, 20))
         return self.elts
 
     def _dims_setter(self, value):
+        import warnings
+        warnings._deprecated(f"ast.Tuple.dims", remove=(3, 20))
         self.elts = value
 
     Tuple.dims = property(_dims_getter, _dims_setter)
@@ -712,5 +716,24 @@ def main(args=None):
                color=can_colorize(file=sys.stdout),
                indent=args.indent, show_empty=args.show_empty))
 
+_deprecated = {
+        'slice': globals().pop("slice"),
+        'Index': globals().pop("Index"),
+        'ExtSlice': globals().pop("ExtSlice"),
+        'Suite': globals().pop("Suite"),
+        'AugLoad': globals().pop("AugLoad"),
+        'AugStore': globals().pop("AugStore"),
+        'Param': globals().pop("Param")
+}
+
+def __getattr__(attr):
+    try:
+        val = _deprecated[attr]
+    except KeyError:
+        raise AttributeError(f"module 'ast' has no attribute {attr!r}") from None
+    import warnings
+    warnings._deprecated(f"ast.{attr}", remove=(3, 20))
+    return val
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()

Lib/test/test_ast/test_ast.py

@@ -523,6 +523,12 @@ def test_classattrs(self):
         self.assertIs(ast.Constant(None).value, None)
         self.assertIs(ast.Constant(...).value, ...)
 
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.Tuple().dims
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.Tuple().dims = 3
+
     def test_constant_subclasses(self):
         class N(ast.Constant):
             def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -1100,6 +1106,38 @@ def test_tstring(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(tree.body[0].value.values[0], ast.Constant)
         self.assertIsInstance(tree.body[0].value.values[1], ast.Interpolation)
 
+    def test_deprecated(self):
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.slice
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.Index
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.ExtSlice
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.Suite
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.AugLoad
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.AugStore
+
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning):
+            ast.Param
+
+        namespace = {}
+        exec("from ast import *", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("slice", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("Index", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("ExtSlice", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("Suite", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("AugLoad", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("AugStore", namespace)
+        self.assertNotIn("Param", namespace)
+
     def test_filter_syntax_warnings_by_module(self):
         filename = support.findfile('test_import/data/syntax_warnings.py')
         with open(filename, 'rb') as f:
@@ -1139,8 +1177,9 @@ def iter_ast_classes():
         def do(cls):
             if cls.__module__ != 'ast':
                 return
-            if cls is ast.Index:
-                return
+            with warnings.catch_warnings(action="ignore", category=DeprecationWarning):
+                if cls is ast.Index:
+                    return
             # Don't attempt to create instances of abstract AST nodes
             if _ast._is_abstract(cls):
                 return

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-20-09-12-18.gh-issue-140344.WjbYg-.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+The classes ``ast.slice``, ``ast.ExtSlice``, ``ast.Index``, ``ast.Suite``, ``ast.AugLoad``,
+``ast.AugStore``, and ``ast.Param``, deprecated since Python 3.9, now issue
+deprecation warnings on use. They are now scheduled for removal in Python 3.20.
+
+The ``dims`` property of ``ast.Tuple`` objects, deprecated since Python 3.9,
+now issues a deprecation warning when accessed. The property is scheduled for
+removal in Python 3.20. Use the (non-deprecated) ``elts`` property of
+``ast.Tuple`` objects instead.
+
+The deprecated global names are also no longer imported by
+``from ast import *``.