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Remove CLI interface for `difflib`
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1 change: 0 additions & 1 deletion Doc/library/cmdline.rst
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Expand Up @@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ The following modules have a command-line interface.
* :mod:`code`
* :ref:`compileall <compileall-cli>`
* :mod:`cProfile`: see :ref:`profile <profile-cli>`
* :ref:`difflib <difflib-interface>`
* :ref:`dis <dis-cli>`
* :mod:`doctest`
* :mod:`!encodings.rot_13`
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7 changes: 0 additions & 7 deletions Lib/difflib.py
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Expand Up @@ -2060,10 +2060,3 @@ def restore(delta, which):
for line in delta:
if line[:2] in prefixes:
yield line[2:]

def _test():
import doctest, difflib
return doctest.testmod(difflib)

if __name__ == "__main__":
_test()
2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-03-11-20-35-41.gh-issue-93096.Jdt_8a.rst
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Removed undocumented CLI ``python -m difflib``. Use ``python -m doctest
Lib/difflib.py -v`` instead. Patch by Semyon Moroz.
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