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| author |   Борис Верховский <boris.verk@gmail.com> | 2021-01-22 00:47:23 -0500 |
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| committer |   GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-01-22 00:47:23 -0500 |
| commit | 644d52818a6391535e5838fd57d58ffcb1163056 (patch) | |
| tree | 724a0887b76f8925be82f5c1f87526ccfbbfd180 | |
| parent | bpo-42384: pdb: correctly populate sys.path[0] (GH-23338) (diff) | |
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bpo-40304: Correct type(name, bases, dict) doc (GH-19553)
Co-authored-by: Éric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org>
Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Co-authored-by: Tal Einat <532281+taleinat@users.noreply.github.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/functions.rst | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst | 2 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst index 0598a6ce941..f28d63b6b3d 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst @@ -1703,18 +1703,19 @@ are always available. They are listed here in alphabetical order. With three arguments, return a new type object. This is essentially a - dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is the - class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute; the *bases* - tuple itemizes the base classes and becomes the :attr:`~class.__bases__` - attribute; and the *dict* dictionary is the namespace containing definitions - for class body and is copied to a standard dictionary to become the - :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute. For example, the following two - statements create identical :class:`type` objects: + dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is + the class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute. + The *bases* tuple contains the base classes and becomes the + :attr:`~class.__bases__` attribute; if empty, :class:`object`, the + ultimate base of all classes, is added. The *dict* dictionary contains + attribute and method definitions for the class body; it may be copied + or wrapped before becoming the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute. + The following two statements create identical :class:`type` objects: >>> class X: ... a = 1 ... - >>> X = type('X', (object,), dict(a=1)) + >>> X = type('X', (), dict(a=1)) See also :ref:`bltin-type-objects`. diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..3f2f14c2d7b --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Fix doc for type(name, bases, dict). Patch by Boris Verkhovskiy and +Éric Araujo. |