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[3.10] bpo-45392: Update the docstring of the 'type' built-in (GH-29439) #29452

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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-11-06-10-54-17.bpo-45392.JZnVOz.rst
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Update the docstring of the :class:`type` built-in to remove a redundant
line and to mention keyword arguments for the constructor.
4 changes: 1 addition & 3 deletions Objects/typeobject.c
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Expand Up @@ -4221,10 +4221,8 @@ static PyMethodDef type_methods[] = {
};

PyDoc_STRVAR(type_doc,
/* this text signature cannot be accurate yet. will fix. --larry */
"type(object_or_name, bases, dict)\n"
"type(object) -> the object's type\n"
"type(name, bases, dict) -> a new type");
"type(name, bases, dict, **kwds) -> a new type");

static int
type_traverse(PyTypeObject *type, visitproc visit, void *arg)
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