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@@ -205,10 +205,15 @@ determination.
PyObject *cls}
Returns \code{1} if the class \var{derived} is identical to or
derived from the class \var{cls}, otherwise returns \code{0}. In
- case of an error, returns \code{-1}. If either \var{derived} or
- \var{cls} is not an actual class object, this function uses the
- generic algorithm described above.
+ case of an error, returns \code{-1}. If \var{cls}
+ is a tuple, the check will be done against every entry in \var{cls}.
+ The result will be \code{1} when at least one of the checks returns
+ \code{1}, otherwise it will be \code{0}. If either \var{derived} or
+ \var{cls} is not an actual class object (or tuple), this function
+ uses the generic algorithm described above.
\versionadded{2.1}
+ \versionchanged[Older versions of Python did not support a tuple
+ as the second argument]{2.3}
\end{cfuncdesc}