Issue #11085: Moved collections abstract base classes into a separate module

called collections.abc, following the pattern used by importlib.abc.  For
backwards compatibility, the names continue to also be imported into the
collections module.

Doc/library/collections.abc.rst

+:mod:`collections.abc` --- Abstract Base Classes for Containers
+===============================================================
+
+.. module:: collections.abc
+   :synopsis: Abstract base classes for containers
+.. moduleauthor:: Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
+.. sectionauthor:: Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
+
+.. testsetup:: *
+
+   from collections import *
+   import itertools
+   __name__ = '<doctest>'
+
+**Source code:** :source:`Lib/collections/abc.py`
+
+--------------
+
+This module provides :term:`abstract base classes <abstract base class>` that
+can be used to test whether a class provides a particular interface; for
+example, whether it is hashable or whether it is a mapping.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 3.3
+   Formerly, this module was part of the :mod:`collections` module.
+
+.. _abstract-base-classes:
+
+Collections Abstract Base Classes
+---------------------------------
+
+The collections module offers the following ABCs:
+
+=========================  =====================  ======================  ====================================================
+ABC                        Inherits               Abstract Methods        Mixin Methods
+=========================  =====================  ======================  ====================================================
+:class:`Container`                                ``__contains__``
+:class:`Hashable`                                 ``__hash__``
+:class:`Iterable`                                 ``__iter__``
+:class:`Iterator`          :class:`Iterable`      ``__next__``            ``__iter__``
+:class:`Sized`                                    ``__len__``
+:class:`Callable`                                 ``__call__``
+
+:class:`Sequence`          :class:`Sized`,        ``__getitem__``         ``__contains__``, ``__iter__``, ``__reversed__``,
+                           :class:`Iterable`,                             ``index``, and ``count``
+                           :class:`Container`
+
+:class:`MutableSequence`   :class:`Sequence`      ``__setitem__``         Inherited Sequence methods and
+                                                  ``__delitem__``,        ``append``, ``reverse``, ``extend``, ``pop``,
+                                                  and ``insert``          ``remove``, and ``__iadd__``
+
+:class:`Set`               :class:`Sized`,                                ``__le__``, ``__lt__``, ``__eq__``, ``__ne__``,
+                           :class:`Iterable`,                             ``__gt__``, ``__ge__``, ``__and__``, ``__or__``,
+                           :class:`Container`                             ``__sub__``, ``__xor__``, and ``isdisjoint``
+
+:class:`MutableSet`        :class:`Set`           ``add`` and             Inherited Set methods and
+                                                  ``discard``             ``clear``, ``pop``, ``remove``, ``__ior__``,
+                                                                          ``__iand__``, ``__ixor__``, and ``__isub__``
+
+:class:`Mapping`           :class:`Sized`,        ``__getitem__``         ``__contains__``, ``keys``, ``items``, ``values``,
+                           :class:`Iterable`,                             ``get``, ``__eq__``, and ``__ne__``
+                           :class:`Container`
+
+:class:`MutableMapping`    :class:`Mapping`       ``__setitem__`` and     Inherited Mapping methods and
+                                                  ``__delitem__``         ``pop``, ``popitem``, ``clear``, ``update``,
+                                                                          and ``setdefault``
+
+
+:class:`MappingView`       :class:`Sized`                                 ``__len__``
+:class:`KeysView`          :class:`MappingView`,                          ``__contains__``,
+                           :class:`Set`                                   ``__iter__``
+:class:`ItemsView`         :class:`MappingView`,                          ``__contains__``,
+                           :class:`Set`                                   ``__iter__``
+:class:`ValuesView`        :class:`MappingView`                           ``__contains__``, ``__iter__``
+=========================  =====================  ======================  ====================================================
+
+These ABCs allow us to ask classes or instances if they provide
+particular functionality, for example::
+
+    size = None
+    if isinstance(myvar, collections.Sized):
+        size = len(myvar)
+
+Several of the ABCs are also useful as mixins that make it easier to develop
+classes supporting container APIs.  For example, to write a class supporting
+the full :class:`Set` API, it only necessary to supply the three underlying
+abstract methods: :meth:`__contains__`, :meth:`__iter__`, and :meth:`__len__`.
+The ABC supplies the remaining methods such as :meth:`__and__` and
+:meth:`isdisjoint` ::
+
+    class ListBasedSet(collections.Set):
+         ''' Alternate set implementation favoring space over speed
+             and not requiring the set elements to be hashable. '''
+         def __init__(self, iterable):
+             self.elements = lst = []
+             for value in iterable:
+                 if value not in lst:
+                     lst.append(value)
+         def __iter__(self):
+             return iter(self.elements)
+         def __contains__(self, value):
+             return value in self.elements
+         def __len__(self):
+             return len(self.elements)
+
+    s1 = ListBasedSet('abcdef')
+    s2 = ListBasedSet('defghi')
+    overlap = s1 & s2            # The __and__() method is supported automatically
+
+Notes on using :class:`Set` and :class:`MutableSet` as a mixin:
+
+(1)
+   Since some set operations create new sets, the default mixin methods need
+   a way to create new instances from an iterable. The class constructor is
+   assumed to have a signature in the form ``ClassName(iterable)``.
+   That assumption is factored-out to an internal classmethod called
+   :meth:`_from_iterable` which calls ``cls(iterable)`` to produce a new set.
+   If the :class:`Set` mixin is being used in a class with a different
+   constructor signature, you will need to override :meth:`from_iterable`
+   with a classmethod that can construct new instances from
+   an iterable argument.
+
+(2)
+   To override the comparisons (presumably for speed, as the
+   semantics are fixed), redefine :meth:`__le__` and
+   then the other operations will automatically follow suit.
+
+(3)
+   The :class:`Set` mixin provides a :meth:`_hash` method to compute a hash value
+   for the set; however, :meth:`__hash__` is not defined because not all sets
+   are hashable or immutable.  To add set hashabilty using mixins,
+   inherit from both :meth:`Set` and :meth:`Hashable`, then define
+   ``__hash__ = Set._hash``.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+  * `OrderedSet recipe <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576694/>`_ that uses
+    :class:`MutableSet`.
+
+  * For more about ABCs, see the :mod:`abc` module and :pep:`3119`.

Doc/library/collections.rst

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
    import itertools
    __name__ = '<doctest>'
 
-**Source code:** :source:`Lib/collections.py` and :source:`Lib/_abcoll.py`
+**Source code:** :source:`Lib/collections/__init__.py`
 
 --------------
 
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@ Python's general purpose built-in containers, :class:`dict`, :class:`list`,
 :class:`UserString`     wrapper around string objects for easier string subclassing
 =====================   ====================================================================
 
-In addition to the concrete container classes, the collections module provides
-:ref:`abstract-base-classes` that can be used to test whether a class provides a
-particular interface, for example, whether it is hashable or a mapping.
+.. versionchanged:: 3.3
+   Moved :ref:`abstract-base-classes` to the :mod:`collections.abc` module.
+   For backwards compatibility, they continue to be visible in this module
+   as well.
 
 
 :class:`Counter` objects
@@ -957,121 +958,3 @@ attribute.
    be an instance of :class:`bytes`, :class:`str`, :class:`UserString` (or a
    subclass) or an arbitrary sequence which can be converted into a string using
    the built-in :func:`str` function.
-
-.. _abstract-base-classes:
-
-ABCs - abstract base classes
-----------------------------
-
-The collections module offers the following ABCs:
-
-=========================  =====================  ======================  ====================================================
-ABC                        Inherits               Abstract Methods        Mixin Methods
-=========================  =====================  ======================  ====================================================
-:class:`Container`                                ``__contains__``
-:class:`Hashable`                                 ``__hash__``
-:class:`Iterable`                                 ``__iter__``
-:class:`Iterator`          :class:`Iterable`      ``__next__``            ``__iter__``
-:class:`Sized`                                    ``__len__``
-:class:`Callable`                                 ``__call__``
-
-:class:`Sequence`          :class:`Sized`,        ``__getitem__``         ``__contains__``, ``__iter__``, ``__reversed__``,
-                           :class:`Iterable`,                             ``index``, and ``count``
-                           :class:`Container`
-
-:class:`MutableSequence`   :class:`Sequence`      ``__setitem__``         Inherited Sequence methods and
-                                                  ``__delitem__``,        ``append``, ``reverse``, ``extend``, ``pop``,
-                                                  and ``insert``          ``remove``, and ``__iadd__``
-
-:class:`Set`               :class:`Sized`,                                ``__le__``, ``__lt__``, ``__eq__``, ``__ne__``,
-                           :class:`Iterable`,                             ``__gt__``, ``__ge__``, ``__and__``, ``__or__``,
-                           :class:`Container`                             ``__sub__``, ``__xor__``, and ``isdisjoint``
-
-:class:`MutableSet`        :class:`Set`           ``add`` and             Inherited Set methods and
-                                                  ``discard``             ``clear``, ``pop``, ``remove``, ``__ior__``,
-                                                                          ``__iand__``, ``__ixor__``, and ``__isub__``
-
-:class:`Mapping`           :class:`Sized`,        ``__getitem__``         ``__contains__``, ``keys``, ``items``, ``values``,
-                           :class:`Iterable`,                             ``get``, ``__eq__``, and ``__ne__``
-                           :class:`Container`
-
-:class:`MutableMapping`    :class:`Mapping`       ``__setitem__`` and     Inherited Mapping methods and
-                                                  ``__delitem__``         ``pop``, ``popitem``, ``clear``, ``update``,
-                                                                          and ``setdefault``
-
-
-:class:`MappingView`       :class:`Sized`                                 ``__len__``
-:class:`KeysView`          :class:`MappingView`,                          ``__contains__``,
-                           :class:`Set`                                   ``__iter__``
-:class:`ItemsView`         :class:`MappingView`,                          ``__contains__``,
-                           :class:`Set`                                   ``__iter__``
-:class:`ValuesView`        :class:`MappingView`                           ``__contains__``, ``__iter__``
-=========================  =====================  ======================  ====================================================
-
-These ABCs allow us to ask classes or instances if they provide
-particular functionality, for example::
-
-    size = None
-    if isinstance(myvar, collections.Sized):
-        size = len(myvar)
-
-Several of the ABCs are also useful as mixins that make it easier to develop
-classes supporting container APIs.  For example, to write a class supporting
-the full :class:`Set` API, it only necessary to supply the three underlying
-abstract methods: :meth:`__contains__`, :meth:`__iter__`, and :meth:`__len__`.
-The ABC supplies the remaining methods such as :meth:`__and__` and
-:meth:`isdisjoint` ::
-
-    class ListBasedSet(collections.Set):
-         ''' Alternate set implementation favoring space over speed
-             and not requiring the set elements to be hashable. '''
-         def __init__(self, iterable):
-             self.elements = lst = []
-             for value in iterable:
-                 if value not in lst:
-                     lst.append(value)
-         def __iter__(self):
-             return iter(self.elements)
-         def __contains__(self, value):
-             return value in self.elements
-         def __len__(self):
-             return len(self.elements)
-
-    s1 = ListBasedSet('abcdef')
-    s2 = ListBasedSet('defghi')
-    overlap = s1 & s2            # The __and__() method is supported automatically
-
-Notes on using :class:`Set` and :class:`MutableSet` as a mixin:
-
-(1)
-   Since some set operations create new sets, the default mixin methods need
-   a way to create new instances from an iterable. The class constructor is
-   assumed to have a signature in the form ``ClassName(iterable)``.
-   That assumption is factored-out to an internal classmethod called
-   :meth:`_from_iterable` which calls ``cls(iterable)`` to produce a new set.
-   If the :class:`Set` mixin is being used in a class with a different
-   constructor signature, you will need to override :meth:`from_iterable`
-   with a classmethod that can construct new instances from
-   an iterable argument.
-
-(2)
-   To override the comparisons (presumably for speed, as the
-   semantics are fixed), redefine :meth:`__le__` and
-   then the other operations will automatically follow suit.
-
-(3)
-   The :class:`Set` mixin provides a :meth:`_hash` method to compute a hash value
-   for the set; however, :meth:`__hash__` is not defined because not all sets
-   are hashable or immutable.  To add set hashabilty using mixins,
-   inherit from both :meth:`Set` and :meth:`Hashable`, then define
-   ``__hash__ = Set._hash``.
-
-.. seealso::
-
-   * Latest version of the :source:`Python source code for the collections
-     abstract base classes <Lib/_abcoll.py>`
-
-   * `OrderedSet recipe <http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576694/>`_ for an
-     example built on :class:`MutableSet`.
-
-   * For more about ABCs, see the :mod:`abc` module and :pep:`3119`.

Doc/library/datatypes.rst

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ The following modules are documented in this chapter:
    datetime.rst
    calendar.rst
    collections.rst
+   collections.abc.rst
    heapq.rst
    bisect.rst
    array.rst

Lib/collections.py → Lib/collections/__init__.py

 __all__ = ['deque', 'defaultdict', 'namedtuple', 'UserDict', 'UserList',
             'UserString', 'Counter', 'OrderedDict']
-# For bootstrapping reasons, the collection ABCs are defined in _abcoll.py.
-# They should however be considered an integral part of collections.py.
-from _abcoll import *
-import _abcoll
-__all__ += _abcoll.__all__
+
+# For backwards compatability, continue to make the collections ABCs
+# available through the collections module.
+from collections.abc import *
+import collections.abc
+__all__ += collections.abc.__all__
 
 from _collections import deque, defaultdict
 from operator import itemgetter as _itemgetter

Lib/_abcoll.py → Lib/collections/abc.py

@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@
 
 """Abstract Base Classes (ABCs) for collections, according to PEP 3119.
 
-DON'T USE THIS MODULE DIRECTLY!  The classes here should be imported
-via collections; they are defined here only to alleviate certain
-bootstrapping issues.  Unit tests are in test_collections.
+Unit tests are in test_collections.
 """
 
 from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod

Lib/os.py

@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ def get_exec_path(env=None):
 
 
 # Change environ to automatically call putenv(), unsetenv if they exist.
-from _abcoll import MutableMapping  # Can't use collections (bootstrap)
+from collections.abc import MutableMapping
 
 class _Environ(MutableMapping):
     def __init__(self, data, encodekey, decodekey, encodevalue, decodevalue, putenv, unsetenv):

Lib/test/regrtest.py

@@ -1056,7 +1056,8 @@ def dash_R(the_module, test, indirect_test, huntrleaks):
         False if the test didn't leak references; True if we detected refleaks.
     """
     # This code is hackish and inelegant, but it seems to do the job.
-    import copyreg, _abcoll
+    import copyreg
+    import collections.abc
 
     if not hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'):
         raise Exception("Tracking reference leaks requires a debug build "
@@ -1073,7 +1074,7 @@ def dash_R(the_module, test, indirect_test, huntrleaks):
     else:
         zdc = zipimport._zip_directory_cache.copy()
     abcs = {}
-    for abc in [getattr(_abcoll, a) for a in _abcoll.__all__]:
+    for abc in [getattr(collections.abc, a) for a in collections.abc.__all__]:
         if not isabstract(abc):
             continue
         for obj in abc.__subclasses__() + [abc]:
@@ -1119,7 +1120,7 @@ def dash_R_cleanup(fs, ps, pic, zdc, abcs):
     import gc, copyreg
     import _strptime, linecache
     import urllib.parse, urllib.request, mimetypes, doctest
-    import struct, filecmp, _abcoll
+    import struct, filecmp, collections.abc
     from distutils.dir_util import _path_created
     from weakref import WeakSet
 
@@ -1146,7 +1147,7 @@ def dash_R_cleanup(fs, ps, pic, zdc, abcs):
     sys._clear_type_cache()
 
     # Clear ABC registries, restoring previously saved ABC registries.
-    for abc in [getattr(_abcoll, a) for a in _abcoll.__all__]:
+    for abc in [getattr(collections.abc, a) for a in collections.abc.__all__]:
         if not isabstract(abc):
             continue
         for obj in abc.__subclasses__() + [abc]:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11085: Moved collections abstract base classes into a separate
+  module called collections.abc, following the pattern used by importlib.abc.
+  For backwards compatibility, the names are imported into the collections
+  module.
+
 - Issue #4681: Allow mmap() to work on file sizes and offsets larger than
   4GB, even on 32-bit builds.  Initial patch by Ross Lagerwall, adapted for
   32-bit Windows.