[Python-checkins] bpo-45701: Improve documentation for *typed* parameter (GH-29498)
rhettinger
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/912a4ccc3a523e2990cc501393adfc661614c73a
commit: 912a4ccc3a523e2990cc501393adfc661614c73a
branch: main
author: Raymond Hettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: rhettinger <rhettinger at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2021-11-09T17:01:29-06:00
summary:
bpo-45701: Improve documentation for *typed* parameter (GH-29498)
files:
M Doc/library/functools.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst
index a01b17287878c..c78818bfab1a5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst
@@ -160,10 +160,16 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions:
grow without bound.
If *typed* is set to true, function arguments of different types will be
- cached separately. For example, ``f(3)`` and ``f(3.0)`` will always be
- treated as distinct calls with distinct results. If *typed* is false,
- the implementation will usually but not always regard them as equivalent
- calls and only cache a single result.
+ cached separately. If *typed* is false, the implementation will usually
+ regard them as equivalent calls and only cache a single result. (Some
+ types such as *str* and *int* may be cached separately even when *typed*
+ is false.)
+
+ Note, type specificity applies only to the function's immediate arguments
+ rather than their contents. The scalar arguments, ``Decimal(42)`` and
+ ``Fraction(42)`` are be treated as distinct calls with distinct results.
+ In contrast, the tuple arguments ``('answer', Decimal(42))`` and
+ ``('answer', Fraction(42))`` are treated as equivalent.
The wrapped function is instrumented with a :func:`cache_parameters`
function that returns a new :class:`dict` showing the values for *maxsize*
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