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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-03-28 19:10:37 (GMT) |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2009-03-28 19:10:37 (GMT) |
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#5324: document __subclasses__().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 5500f4f..f3ff505 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2674,6 +2674,17 @@ types, where they are relevant. Some of these are not reported by the The name of the class or type. + +.. method:: class.__subclasses__ + + :term:`New-style class`\ es keep a list of weak references to their immediate + subclasses. This method returns a list of all those references still alive. + Example:: + + >>> int.__subclasses__() + [<type 'bool'>] + + .. rubric:: Footnotes .. [#] Additional information on these special methods may be found in the Python |