From: Cheryl Sabella <cheryl.sabella@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 02:40:52 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: bpo-27505: Add change notes in module attribute docs (GH-5320)
X-Git-Tag: v3.7.0b1~88
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=85527cf50a9a4eecaca4022f7c6cb9e0bae1fa5f;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

bpo-27505: Add change notes in module attribute docs (GH-5320)

Make it clear that setting __class__ on a module has worked since 3.5,
but support for __getattr__ and __dir__ on module instances requires 3.7+

Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
---

diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 8d47002065fb..25b95c115438 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1564,6 +1564,17 @@ a module object to a subclass of :class:`types.ModuleType`. For example::
    the module globals (whether by code within the module, or via a reference
    to the module's globals dictionary) is unaffected.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 3.5
+   ``__class__`` module attribute is now writable.
+
+.. versionadded:: 3.7
+   ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` module attributes.
+
+.. seealso::
+
+   :pep:`562` - Module __getattr__ and __dir__
+      Describes the ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` functions on modules.
+
 
 .. _descriptors: