This is my patch

[ 1004703 ] Make func_name writable

plus fixing a couple of nits in the documentation changes spotted by MvL
and a Misc/NEWS entry.

1 files changed, 49 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 7f337f6..973275f 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -433,28 +433,55 @@ parameter list.
 \obindex{function}
 \obindex{user-defined function}
 
-Special attributes: \member{func_doc} or \member{__doc__} is the
-function's documentation string, or \code{None} if unavailable;
-\member{func_name} or \member{__name__} is the function's name;
-\member{__module__} is the name of the module the function was defined
-in, or \code{None} if unavailable;
-\member{func_defaults} is a tuple containing default argument values for
-those arguments that have defaults, or \code{None} if no arguments
-have a default value; \member{func_code} is the code object representing
-the compiled function body; \member{func_globals} is (a reference to)
-the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it
-defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was
-defined; \member{func_dict} or \member{__dict__} contains the
-namespace supporting arbitrary function attributes;
-\member{func_closure} is \code{None} or a tuple of cells that contain
-bindings for the function's free variables.
-
-Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults}, 
-\member{func_doc}/\member{__doc__}, and
-\member{func_dict}/\member{__dict__} may be writable; the
-others can never be changed.  Additional information about a
-function's definition can be retrieved from its code object; see the
-description of internal types below.
+Special attributes: 
+
+\begin{tableiii}{lll}{member}{Attribute}{Meaning}{}
+  \lineiii{func_doc}{The function's documentation string, or
+    \code{None} if unavailable}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{__doc__}{Another way of spelling
+    \member{func_doc}}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{func_name}{The function's name}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{__name__}{Another way of spelling
+    \member{func_name}}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{__module__}{The name of the module the function was defined
+    in, or \code{None} if unavailable.}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{func_defaults}{Atuple containing default argument values
+    for those arguments that have defaults, or \code{None} if no
+    arguments have a default value}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{func_code}{The code object representing the compiled
+    function body.}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{func_globals}{A reference to the dictionary that holds the
+    function's global variables --- the global namespace of the module
+    in which the function was defined.}{Read-only}
+
+  \lineiii{func_dict}{The namespace supporting arbitrary function
+    attributes.}{Writable}
+
+  \lineiii{func_closure}{\code{None} or a tuple of cells that contain
+    bindings for the function's free variables.}{Read-only}
+\end{tableiii}
+
+Most of the attributes labelled ``Writable'' check the type of the
+assigned value.
+
+\versionchanged[\code{func_name} is now writable]{2.4}
+
+Function objects also support getting and setting arbitrary
+attributes, which can be used, for example, to attach metadata to
+functions.  Regular attribute dot-notation is used to get and set such
+attributes. \emph{Note that the current implementation only supports
+function attributes on user-defined functions.  Function attributes on
+built-in functions may be supported in the future.}
+
+Additional information about a function's definition can be retrieved
+from its code object; see the description of internal types below.
 
 \withsubitem{(function attribute)}{
   \ttindex{func_doc}