From: Caleb Donovick Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 18:20:48 +0000 (-0800) Subject: bpo-17422: slightly more precise language (GH-18682) X-Git-Tag: v3.9.0a5~160 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e59334ebc9308b0f3ad048ef293c6b49e6456d1a;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git bpo-17422: slightly more precise language (GH-18682) --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 8be432d465ba..c683d9991eb5 100644 --- 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 index 000000000000..bbec5ec0eee6 --- /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.