From 2691ee61833f7f460b5f67795b232a9b6f4518d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: R David Murray Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 23:15:12 -0500 Subject: whatsnew: abc.ABC. Also add issue number to news entry and reword. --- Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 6 ++++++ Misc/NEWS | 5 +++-- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 1f0a1f1..4f408cc 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -481,6 +481,12 @@ New function :func:`abc.get_cache_token` can be used to know when to invalidate caches that are affected by changes in the object graph. (Contributed by Łukasz Langa in :issue:`16832`.) +New class :class:`~abc.ABC` has :class:`~abc.ABCMeta` as its meta class. +Using ``ABC`` as a base class has essentially the same effect as specifying +``metaclass=abc.ABCMeta``, but is simpler to type and easier to read. +(Contributed by Bruno Dupuis in :issue:`16049`.) + + aifc ---- diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 8ef6063..a203bc3 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -2671,8 +2671,9 @@ Library Content-Length and the incoming stream is finished. Patch by Eran Rundstein. -- Add abc.ABC class to use inheritance rather than a direct invocation of - ABCMeta metaclass. Patch by Bruno Dupuis. +- Issue #16049: Add abc.ABC class to enable the use of inheritance to create + ABCs, rather than the more cumbersome metaclass=ABCMeta. Patch by Bruno + Dupuis. - Expose the TCP_FASTOPEN and MSG_FASTOPEN flags in socket when they're available. -- cgit v0.12