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Python 3.8 changed the semantic restrictions on dictionary modifications during iterations:

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/12596

thus causing any users of 'stem' to fail with the following exception (example taken from 'nyx'):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/nyx", line 11, in <module>
    load_entry_point('nyx==2.1.0', 'console_scripts', 'nyx')()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nyx/__init__.py", line 176, in main
    nyx.starter.main()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/util/conf.py", line 289, in wrapped
    return func(*args, config = config, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nyx/starter.py", line 90, in main
    controller = init_controller(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/nyx/__init__.py", line 325, in init_controller
    TOR_CONTROLLER = stem.connection.connect(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/connection.py", line 291, in connect
    return _connect_auth(control_connection, password, password_prompt, chroot_path, controller)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/connection.py", line 375, in _connect_auth
    return controller(control_socket, is_authenticated = True)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 1057, in __init__
    super(Controller, self).__init__(control_socket, is_authenticated)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 585, in __init__
    self._post_authentication()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 3902, in _post_authentication
    owning_pid = self.get_conf('__OwningControllerProcess', None)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 2170, in get_conf
    entries = self.get_conf_map(param, default, multiple)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/stem/control.py", line 2273, in get_conf_map
    for key in reply:
RuntimeError: dictionary keys changed during iteration

Trac:
Username: nafen