From 13136e83a637a9f1cfbada7e93097005296659b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Bussonnier Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2019 17:43:22 -0700 Subject: bpo-36896: Clarify that some types constructors are unstable (GH-13271) --- Doc/library/types.rst | 3 +++ .../NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-05-31-10-46-36.bpo-36896.wkXTW9.rst | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-05-31-10-46-36.bpo-36896.wkXTW9.rst diff --git a/Doc/library/types.rst b/Doc/library/types.rst index e629c29..a21fb44 100644 --- a/Doc/library/types.rst +++ b/Doc/library/types.rst @@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ the types that arise only incidentally during processing such as the Typical use of these names is for :func:`isinstance` or :func:`issubclass` checks. + +If you instantiate any of these types, note that signatures may vary between Python versions. + Standard names are defined for the following types: .. data:: FunctionType diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-05-31-10-46-36.bpo-36896.wkXTW9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-05-31-10-46-36.bpo-36896.wkXTW9.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d75fcca --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2019-05-31-10-46-36.bpo-36896.wkXTW9.rst @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +Clarify that some types have unstable constructor signature between Python +versions. -- cgit v0.12