From 12c6cdf4d16078aa09de32a39193c8161177b39d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ned Deily Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2018 22:41:09 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-33745: Add What's New for empty function docstring change. (GH-7611) --- Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst index 81ef032f93..297d9fa312 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.7.rst @@ -2431,3 +2431,8 @@ sufficient to both emit :exc:`BytesWarning` messages and have them converted to exceptions. Instead, the flag must be set (to cause the warnings to be emitted in the first place), and an explicit ``error::BytesWarning`` warnings filter added to convert them to exceptions. + +Due to a change in the way docstrings are handled by the compiler, the +implicit ``return None`` in a function body consisting solely of a docstring +is now marked as occurring on the same line as the docstring, not on the +function's header line. -- 2.40.0