Merge pull request #2353 from Kodiologist/release

Release Hy 0.25.0

Author: Kodiologist

NEWS.rst

@@ -1,26 +1,27 @@
 .. default-role:: code
 
-Unreleased
+0.25.0 (released 2022-11-08)
 ==============================
 
-Other Breaking Changes
+Breaking Changes
 ------------------------------
 * `dfor` no longer requires brackets around its final arguments, so
   `(dfor x (range 5) [x (* 2 x)])` is now `(dfor x (range 5) x (* 2
   x))`.
-
-New Features
-------------------------------
-* Python 3.11 is now supported.
-* `except*` (PEP 654) is now recognized in `try`.
+* `except*` (PEP 654) is now recognized in `try`, and a placeholder
+  macro for `except*` has been added.
 
 Bug Fixes
 ------------------------------
-* Fixed `hy.repr` of `slice` objects with non-integer arguments.
 * `__file__` should now be set the same way as in Python.
+* `\N{…}` escape sequences are now recognized in f-strings.
 * Fixed a bug with `python -O` where assertions were still partly
   evaluated.
-* `\N{…}` escape sequences are now recognized in f-strings.
+* Fixed `hy.repr` of `slice` objects with non-integer arguments.
+
+New Features
+------------------------------
+* Python 3.11 is now supported.
 
 Misc. Improvements
 ------------------------------

docs/api.rst

@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ expanded, is crash, regardless of their arguments:
 
 - ``else``
 - ``except``
+- ``except*``
 - ``finally``
 - ``unpack-mapping``
 - ``unquote``

hy/core/result_macros.py

@@ -1895,7 +1895,8 @@ def compile_let(compiler, expr, root, bindings, body):
 
 
 @pattern_macro(
-    "unquote unquote-splice unpack-mapping except finally else".split(), [many(FORM)]
+    "unquote unquote-splice unpack-mapping except except* finally else".split(),
+    [many(FORM)],
 )
 def compile_placeholder(compiler, expr, root, body):
     raise ValueError(f"`{root}` is not allowed here")

tests/compilers/test_ast.py

@@ -579,14 +579,22 @@ def test_setv_builtins():
     )
 
 
-def test_top_level_unquote():
+def placeholder_macro(x, ename=None):
     with pytest.raises(HyLanguageError) as e:
-        can_compile("(unquote)")
-    assert "`unquote` is not allowed here" in e.value.msg
+        can_compile(f"({x})")
+    assert f"`{ename or x}` is not allowed here" in e.value.msg
 
-    with pytest.raises(HyLanguageError) as e:
-        can_compile("(unquote-splice)")
-    assert "`unquote-splice` is not allowed here" in e.value.msg
+
+def test_top_level_unquote():
+    placeholder_macro("unquote")
+    placeholder_macro("unquote-splice")
+    placeholder_macro("unquote_splice", "unquote-splice")
+
+
+def test_bad_exception():
+    placeholder_macro("except")
+    placeholder_macro("except*")
+    placeholder_macro(hy.mangle("except*"), "except*")
 
 
 def test_lots_of_comment_lines():