From: Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:43:48 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: only nonempty __slots__ don't work
X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~2706
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c756dcdd6086a5619e5acc0899197b01ae149e37;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

only nonempty __slots__ don't work
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 8e3e79ec607d..b1ab8fd97cc6 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1663,8 +1663,8 @@ Notes on using *__slots__*
   defined.  As a result, subclasses will have a *__dict__* unless they also define
   *__slots__*.
 
-* *__slots__* do not work for classes derived from "variable-length" built-in
-  types such as :class:`long`, :class:`str` and :class:`tuple`.
+* Nonempty *__slots__* does not work for classes derived from "variable-length"
+  built-in types such as :class:`long`, :class:`str` and :class:`tuple`.
 
 * Any non-string iterable may be assigned to *__slots__*. Mappings may also be
   used; however, in the future, special meaning may be assigned to the values