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Nov. 19, 2019
12:57 p.m.
Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> added the comment: Presumably when the implementation was done the IS_ABSTRACT name sounded more logical than just ABSTRACT. Since the PEP doesn't *specify* the name of this flag[1] I see no reason to change anything. Closing. _____ [1] The PEP mentions this flag exactly once: (If this were implemented in CPython, an internal flag ``Py_TPFLAGS_ABSTRACT`` could be used to speed up this check [6]_.) ---------- resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue27724> _______________________________________