add release date - update docs

Author: ilanschnell

CHANGE_LOG

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-2025-11-XX   3.8.0:
+2025-11-02   3.8.0:
 -------------------
-  * add experimental support for free-threaded builds (GIL disabled)
+  * add experimental support for free-threaded builds (GIL disabled), #234
   * remove `_set_default_endian()`
   * add `.__bytes__()`, see #246
 

doc/changelog.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 Change log
 ==========
 
+**3.8.0** (2025-11-02):
+
+* add experimental support for free-threaded builds (GIL disabled), `#234 <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/issues/234>`__
+* remove ``_set_default_endian()``
+* add ``.__bytes__()``, see `#246 <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/issues/246>`__
+
+
 **3.7.2** (2025-10-08):
 
 * enable ``util.random_k()`` for all supported Python versions,

doc/reference.rst

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Reference
 =========
 
-bitarray version: 3.7.2 -- `change log <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst>`__
+bitarray version: 3.8.0 -- `change log <https://github.com/ilanschnell/bitarray/blob/master/doc/changelog.rst>`__
 
 In the following, ``item`` and ``value`` are usually a single bit -
 an integer 0 or 1.
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ bitarray methods:
 
 ``tobytes()`` -> bytes
    Return the bitarray buffer (pad bits are set to zero).
+   ``a.tobytes()`` is equivalent to ``bytes(a)``
 
 
 ``tofile(f, /)``
@@ -307,8 +308,6 @@ Functions defined in the `bitarray` module:
 
 ``get_default_endian()`` -> str
    Return the default bit-endianness for new bitarray objects being created.
-   Unless ``_set_default_endian('little')`` was called, the default
-   bit-endianness is ``big``.
 
    New in version 1.3