bpo-17422: slightly more precise language (GH-18682)

diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 8be432d465ba36267753b94c6a87d611c056f1ff..c683d9991eb5abedc8580288e86782aa9311fb27 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1956,7 +1956,7 @@ namespace returned by ``__prepare__`` is passed in to ``__new__``, but when
 the final class object is created the namespace is copied into a new ``dict``.
 
 If the metaclass has no ``__prepare__`` attribute, then the class namespace
-is initialised as an empty :func:`dict`.
+is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.
 
 .. seealso::
 

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..bbec5ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2020-02-27-17-35-27.bpo-17422.eS1hVh.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The language reference no longer restricts default class namespaces to dicts
+only.