gh-91578: improved error message when trying to instantiate an abstract class with missing methods (gh-47246)

4 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_abc.py b/Lib/test/test_abc.py
index 1e7a035..a083236 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_abc.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def test_factory(abc_ABCMeta, abc_get_cache_token):
                 @abc.abstractmethod
                 def method_one(self):
                     pass
-            msg = r"class C with abstract method method_one"
+            msg = r"class C without an implementation for abstract method method_one"
             self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, C)
 
         def test_object_new_with_many_abstractmethods(self):
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def test_factory(abc_ABCMeta, abc_get_cache_token):
                 @abc.abstractmethod
                 def method_two(self):
                     pass
-            msg = r"class C with abstract methods method_one, method_two"
+            msg = r"class C without an implementation for abstract methods method_one, method_two"
             self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, C)
 
         def test_abstractmethod_integration(self):
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ def test_factory(abc_ABCMeta, abc_get_cache_token):
             A.foo = updated_foo
             abc.update_abstractmethods(A)
             self.assertEqual(A.__abstractmethods__, {'foo', 'bar'})
-            msg = "class A with abstract methods bar, foo"
+            msg = "class A without an implementation for abstract methods bar, foo"
             self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, A)
 
         def test_update_implementation(self):
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ def test_factory(abc_ABCMeta, abc_get_cache_token):
             class B(A):
                 pass
 
-            msg = "class B with abstract method foo"
+            msg = "class B without an implementation for abstract method foo"
             self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, B)
             self.assertEqual(B.__abstractmethods__, {'foo'})
 
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ def test_factory(abc_ABCMeta, abc_get_cache_token):
 
             abc.update_abstractmethods(B)
 
-            msg = "class B with abstract method foo"
+            msg = "class B without an implementation for abstract method foo"
             self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, B)
 
         def test_update_layered_implementation(self):
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ def test_factory(abc_ABCMeta, abc_get_cache_token):
 
             abc.update_abstractmethods(C)
 
-            msg = "class C with abstract method foo"
+            msg = "class C without an implementation for abstract method foo"
             self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, C)
 
         def test_update_multi_inheritance(self):
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dataclasses.py b/Lib/test/test_dataclasses.py
index 6a36da1..cf29cd0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dataclasses.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dataclasses.py
@@ -3762,7 +3762,7 @@ class TestAbstract(unittest.TestCase):
             day: 'int'
 
         self.assertTrue(inspect.isabstract(Date))
-        msg = 'class Date with abstract method foo'
+        msg = 'class Date without an implementation for abstract method foo'
         self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, msg, Date)
 
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-15-22-12-53.gh-issue-91578.rDOtyK.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-15-22-12-53.gh-issue-91578.rDOtyK.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4dc738a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-15-22-12-53.gh-issue-91578.rDOtyK.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updates the error message for abstract class.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 1bcfd9a..1daf2b8 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -4559,7 +4559,7 @@ object_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                      "Can't instantiate abstract class %s "
-                     "with abstract method%s %U",
+                     "without an implementation for abstract method%s %U",
                      type->tp_name,
                      method_count > 1 ? "s" : "",
                      joined);