bpo-44353: Correct docstring for `NewType` (GH-29785)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3f024e27c29a57dd4f805aa2431d713ed0f... commit: 3f024e27c29a57dd4f805aa2431d713ed0fe57b2 branch: 3.10 author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> committer: miss-islington <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> date: 2021-11-26T06:58:13-08:00 summary: bpo-44353: Correct docstring for `NewType` (GH-29785) The docstring for `typing.NewType` is no longer strictly accurate, now that `NewType` is a class, rather than a function (cherry picked from commit 93c65df83cef71a4bc77d71afecdec8744c4f73a) Co-authored-by: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com> files: M Lib/typing.py diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py index 21caabb5d3e67..b743d400c0e5f 100644 --- a/Lib/typing.py +++ b/Lib/typing.py @@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ class NewType: """NewType creates simple unique types with almost zero runtime overhead. NewType(name, tp) is considered a subtype of tp by static type checkers. At runtime, NewType(name, tp) returns - a dummy function that simply returns its argument. Usage:: + a dummy callable that simply returns its argument. Usage:: UserId = NewType('UserId', int)
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