gh-104773: PEP 594: Remove the chunk module (#104868)

The module had no tests.

Author: vstinner

Diff for: Doc/library/chunk.rst

@@ -10,6 +10,5 @@ backwards compatibility. They have been superseded by other modules.
 
 .. toctree::
 
-   chunk.rst
    imghdr.rst
    optparse.rst

Diff for: Doc/library/superseded.rst

@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@ Doc/library/bisect.rst
 Doc/library/bz2.rst
 Doc/library/calendar.rst
 Doc/library/cgi.rst
-Doc/library/chunk.rst
 Doc/library/cmath.rst
 Doc/library/cmd.rst
 Doc/library/code.rst

Diff for: Doc/tools/.nitignore

@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ Module changes
 Lots of improvements and bugfixes were made to Python's extensive standard
 library; some of the affected modules include :mod:`readline`,
 :mod:`ConfigParser`, :mod:`!cgi`, :mod:`calendar`, :mod:`posix`, :mod:`readline`,
-:mod:`xmllib`, :mod:`!aifc`, :mod:`chunk, wave`, :mod:`random`, :mod:`shelve`,
+:mod:`xmllib`, :mod:`!aifc`, :mod:`!chunk`, :mod:`wave`, :mod:`random`, :mod:`shelve`,
 and :mod:`!nntplib`.  Consult the CVS logs for the exact patch-by-patch details.
 
 Brian Gallew contributed OpenSSL support for the :mod:`socket` module.  OpenSSL

Diff for: Doc/whatsnew/2.0.rst

@@ -1731,7 +1731,7 @@ Modules
   slated for removal in Python 3.13:
 
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
-  | :mod:`!aifc`        | :mod:`chunk`        | :mod:`!msilib`      | :mod:`!pipes`       | :mod:`!telnetlib`   |
+  | :mod:`!aifc`        | :mod:`!chunk`       | :mod:`!msilib`      | :mod:`!pipes`       | :mod:`!telnetlib`   |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
   | :mod:`!audioop`     | :mod:`!crypt`       | :mod:`!nis`         | :mod:`!sndhdr`      | :mod:`!uu`          |
   +---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+

Diff for: Doc/whatsnew/3.11.rst

@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ Modules (see :pep:`594`):
 * :mod:`!audioop`
 * :mod:`!cgi`
 * :mod:`!cgitb`
-* :mod:`chunk`
+* :mod:`!chunk`
 * :mod:`!crypt`
 * :mod:`imghdr`
 * :mod:`!mailcap`

Diff for: Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ Removed
 * :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!audioop` module, deprecated in Python 3.11.
   (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
 
+* :pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!chunk` module, deprecated in Python 3.11.
+  (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :gh:`104773`.)
+
 
 Porting to Python 3.13
 ======================

Diff for: Doc/whatsnew/3.13.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:pep:`594`: Remove the :mod:`!chunk` module, deprecated in Python 3.11.
+Patch by Victor Stinner.