From 0c47f34385e4b8f2136b372abd1d1994f6521473 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jason R. Coombs" Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 09:33:45 -0400 Subject: Issue #18978: Update docs to reflect explicitly the ability to set the attribute at the class level. --- Doc/library/urllib.request.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst index 91673f4..ef902b1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst +++ b/Doc/library/urllib.request.rst @@ -220,10 +220,15 @@ The following classes are provided: *method* should be a string that indicates the HTTP request method that will be used (e.g. ``'HEAD'``). Its value is stored in the :attr:`~Request.method` attribute and is used by :meth:`get_method()`. + Subclasses may indicate a default method by setting the + :attr:`~Request.method` attribute in the class itself. .. versionchanged:: 3.3 :attr:`Request.method` argument is added to the Request class. + .. versionchanged:: 3.4 + Default :attr:`Request.method` may be indicated at the class level. + .. class:: OpenerDirector() -- cgit v0.12