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[3.12] gh-119260: Clarify is_dataclass Behavior for Subclasses in Documentation and Tests (GH-119480) (#119761)
gh-119260: Clarify is_dataclass Behavior for Subclasses in Documentation and Tests (GH-119480) (cherry picked from commit bf4ff3ad2e362801e87c85fffd9e140b774cef26) Co-authored-by: Aditya Borikar <adityaborikar2@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net>
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@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ Module contents
.. function:: is_dataclass(obj)
- Return ``True`` if its parameter is a dataclass or an instance of one,
- otherwise return ``False``.
+ Return ``True`` if its parameter is a dataclass (including subclasses of a
+ dataclass) or an instance of one, otherwise return ``False``.
If you need to know if a class is an instance of a dataclass (and
not a dataclass itself), then add a further check for ``not