[Python-checkins] r76892 - python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

[Georg Brandl]

Am 20.12.2009 02:46, schrieb R. David Murray:
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:46:23 +1000, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> georg.brandl wrote:
>> > Modified: python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
>> > ==============================================================================
>> > --- python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	(original)
>> > +++ python/trunk/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Sat Dec 19 19:20:18 2009
>> > @@ -2828,8 +2828,7 @@
>> >  
>> >  .. attribute:: class.__bases__
>> >  
>> > -   The tuple of base classes of a class object.  If there are no base classes, this
>> > -   will be an empty tuple.
>> > +   The tuple of base classes of a class object.
>> 
>> Hmm, I never found that redundant - it makes it clear the terminal value
>> is () rather than None.
> 
> Since it says 'The tuple of...' its value should not be able to be
> anything other than a tuple unless that is explicitly documented, IMO.
> At least, that's what I'd expect.

That, and it's also kind-of wrong in Py3k, where "no base classes" as in
"no base given in the class statement" actually gives you (object,) as
__bases__.

Georg


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