From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:32:33 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Fixup abc.ABC wording and add versionadded. X-Git-Tag: v3.4.0a1~1845 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=09bc642153fc1b601909fd27d5bd728b9842fa98;p=python Fixup abc.ABC wording and add versionadded. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/abc.rst b/Doc/library/abc.rst index 75eaa30241..27abb605fd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/abc.rst +++ b/Doc/library/abc.rst @@ -129,13 +129,16 @@ This module provides the following classes: .. class:: ABC - A helper class that has :class:`ABCMeta` as metaclass. :class:`ABC` is the - standard class to inherit from in order to create an abstract base class, + A helper class that has :class:`ABCMeta` as its metaclass. With this class, + an abstract base class can be created by simply deriving from :class:`ABC`, avoiding sometimes confusing metaclass usage. - Note that :class:`ABC` type is still :class:`ABCMeta`, therefore inheriting - from :class:`ABC` requires usual precautions regarding metaclasses usage - as multiple inheritance may lead to metaclass conflicts. + Note that the type of :class:`ABC` is still :class:`ABCMeta`, therefore + inheriting from :class:`ABC` requires the usual precautions regarding metaclass + usage, as multiple inheritance may lead to metaclass conflicts. + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + The :mod:`abc` module also provides the following decorators: