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| author | Cheryl Sabella <cheryl.sabella@gmail.com> | 2018-01-27 02:40:52 (GMT) |
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| committer | Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com> | 2018-01-27 02:40:52 (GMT) |
| commit | 85527cf50a9a4eecaca4022f7c6cb9e0bae1fa5f (patch) | |
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bpo-27505: Add change notes in module attribute docs (GH-5320)
Make it clear that setting __class__ on a module has worked since 3.5,
but support for __getattr__ and __dir__ on module instances requires 3.7+
Patch by Cheryl Sabella.
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 8d47002..25b95c1 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1564,6 +1564,17 @@ a module object to a subclass of :class:`types.ModuleType`. For example:: the module globals (whether by code within the module, or via a reference to the module's globals dictionary) is unaffected. +.. versionchanged:: 3.5 + ``__class__`` module attribute is now writable. + +.. versionadded:: 3.7 + ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` module attributes. + +.. seealso:: + + :pep:`562` - Module __getattr__ and __dir__ + Describes the ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` functions on modules. + .. _descriptors: |