From 91275207296c39e495fe118019a757c4ddefede8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Dickinson Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2021 19:08:44 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-45392: Update the docstring of the 'type' built-in (GH-29439) --- .../Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst | 2 ++ Objects/typeobject.c | 4 +--- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..09c16578ff4 --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Update the docstring of the :class:`type` built-in to remove a redundant +line and to mention keyword arguments for the constructor. diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c index 51ec93d8752..4180a9d13c4 100644 --- a/Objects/typeobject.c +++ b/Objects/typeobject.c @@ -4268,10 +4268,8 @@ static PyMethodDef type_methods[] = { }; PyDoc_STRVAR(type_doc, -/* this text signature cannot be accurate yet. will fix. --larry */ -"type(object_or_name, bases, dict)\n" "type(object) -> the object's type\n" -"type(name, bases, dict) -> a new type"); +"type(name, bases, dict, **kwds) -> a new type"); static int type_traverse(PyTypeObject *type, visitproc visit, void *arg)