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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst
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* Mixing tabs and spaces as indentation in the same file is not supported anymore and will
raise a :exc:`TabError`.

* The :mod:`threading` module now expects the :mod:`!_thread` module to have
an ``_is_main_interpreter`` attribute. It is a function with no
arguments that returns ``True`` if the current interpreter is the
main interpreter.

Any library or application that provides a custom ``_thread`` module
should provide ``_is_main_interpreter()``.
(See :gh:`112826`.)

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guidance then please create a new GitHub issue
and CC ``@ericsnowcurrently``.

* The :mod:`threading` module now expects the :mod:`!_thread` module to have
a ``_is_main_interpreter`` attribute. Is is a function with no
arguments that returns ``True`` if the current interpreter is the
main interpreter.

Any library or application that provides a custom ``_thread`` module
must make sure it provides ``_is_main_interpreter()``.
(See :gh:`112826`.)

Deprecated
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retrieve a username, instead of :exc:`ImportError` on non-Unix platforms or
:exc:`KeyError` on Unix platforms where the password database is empty.

* The :mod:`threading` module now expects the :mod:`!_thread` module to have
a ``_is_main_interpreter`` attribute. Is is a function with no
arguments that returns ``True`` if the current interpreter is the
main interpreter.

Any library or application that provides a custom ``_thread`` module
must make sure it provides ``_is_main_interpreter()``.
(See :gh:`112826`.)
* The :mod:`threading` module now expects the :mod:`!_thread` module to have
an ``_is_main_interpreter`` attribute. It is a function with no
arguments that returns ``True`` if the current interpreter is the
main interpreter.

Any library or application that provides a custom ``_thread`` module
must provide ``_is_main_interpreter()``, just like the module's
other "private" attributes.
(See :gh:`112826`.)


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