* origin/master:
  bpo-42179: Doc/tutorial: Remove mention of __cause__ (pythonGH-23162)
  bpo-26389: Allow passing an exception object in the traceback module (pythonGH-22610)
  bpo-42260: PyConfig_Read() only parses argv once (pythonGH-23168)
  bpo-42260: Add _PyConfig_FromDict() (pythonGH-23167)
  bpo-41877 Check for asert, aseert, assrt in mocks (pythonGH-23165)
  [docs] fix wrongly named AsyncContextDecorator (pythonGH-23164)
  bpo-42262: Add Py_NewRef() and Py_XNewRef() (pythonGH-23152)
  bpo-42266: Handle monkey-patching descriptors in LOAD_ATTR cache (pythonGH-23157)
  bpo-40816 Add AsyncContextDecorator class (pythonGH-20516)

…lots1

* origin/master: (80 commits)
  bpo-42282: Fold constants inside named expressions (pythonGH-23190)
  bpo-41028: Doc: Move switchers to docsbuild-scripts. (pythonGH-20969)
  bpo-42133: update parts of the stdlib to fall back to `__spec__.loader` when `__loader__` is missing (python#22929)
  Remove outdated reference to pywin32 from platform module (pythonGH-22005)
  bpo-41832: PyType_FromModuleAndSpec() now accepts NULL tp_doc (pythonGH-23123)
  Minor grammar edits for the descriptor howto guide (GH-python#23175)
  bpo-42179: Doc/tutorial: Remove mention of __cause__ (pythonGH-23162)
  bpo-26389: Allow passing an exception object in the traceback module (pythonGH-22610)
  bpo-42260: PyConfig_Read() only parses argv once (pythonGH-23168)
  bpo-42260: Add _PyConfig_FromDict() (pythonGH-23167)
  bpo-41877 Check for asert, aseert, assrt in mocks (pythonGH-23165)
  [docs] fix wrongly named AsyncContextDecorator (pythonGH-23164)
  bpo-42262: Add Py_NewRef() and Py_XNewRef() (pythonGH-23152)
  bpo-42266: Handle monkey-patching descriptors in LOAD_ATTR cache (pythonGH-23157)
  bpo-40816 Add AsyncContextDecorator class (pythonGH-20516)
  bpo-42260: Add _PyInterpreterState_SetConfig() (pythonGH-23158)
  Disable peg generator tests when building with PGO (pythonGH-23141)
  bpo-1635741: _sqlite3 uses PyModule_AddObjectRef() (pythonGH-23148)
  bpo-1635741: Fix PyInit_pyexpat() error handling (pythonGH-22489)
  bpo-42260: Main init modify sys.flags in-place (pythonGH-23150)
  ...

…ythonGH-22610)

The format_exception(), format_exception_only(), and
print_exception() functions can now take an exception object as a positional-only argument.

Co-Authored-By: Matthias Bussonnier <[email protected]>