General information:

• The #bpython channel has moved to OFTC.
• Type annotations have been added to the bpython code base.
• Declarative build configuration is used as much as possible.

New features:

• #883: Allow auto-completion to be disabled
• #841: Respect locals when using bpython.embed
• Use pyperclip for better clipboard handling

Fixes:

• #700, #884: Fix writing of b"" on fake stdout
• #879: Iterate over all completers until a successful one is found
• #882: Handle errors in theme configuration without crashing
• #888: Read PYTHONSTARTUP with utf8 as encoding
• #896: Use default sys.ps1 and sys.ps2 if user specified ones are not usable
• #902: Do not crash when encountering unreadable files while processing modules for import completion
• #909: Fix sys.stdin.readline
• #917: Fix tab completion for dict keys
• #919: Replicate python behavior when running with -i and a non-existing file
• #932: Fix handling of signature for completion. Thanks to gpotter2

Changes to dependencies:

• pyperclip is a new optional dependency for clipboard support
• backports.cached-property is now required for Python < 3.8
• dataclasses is now required for Python < 3.7
• Support for Python 3.10 has been added.