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Title: python.org page on new-style classes should be updated
Type: enhancement Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions:
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Status: closed Resolution: third party
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: berker.peksag, docs@python, joelthelion, terry.reedy
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2015-03-24 14:28 by joelthelion, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (5)
msg239127 - (view) Author: Joël Schaerer (joelthelion) * Date: 2015-03-24 14:28
This page (found it via a search engine):

https://www.python.org/doc/newstyle/

is supposed to give the status of "New-style classes". However this information is no longer relevant for Python 3, and my needlessly scare newcomers. I believe it should be either deleted or updated to mention that python3 users don't need to care about this anymore.
msg239438 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-03-27 21:28
"Unfortunately, new-style classes have not yet been integrated into Python's standard documention" is not even true for 2.7.  I think the page should be deleted.  Any of the reverences that are both useful and not in the docs could be added to the docs.
msg239439 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-03-27 21:30
This tracker can only handle changes to the docs.  Deleting a web page would be an issue for the python.org tracker on github.  But we should not make a request there until the docs have been checked and we are sure it should go.
msg239442 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2015-03-27 22:33
IMHO, it can stay as a historical document. We just need to add a note to point out the correct documentation. So I think this can be handled on GitHub. I can't update the content since I don't have edit rights, so please open a new issue at https://github.com/python/pythondotorg/issues
msg258165 - (view) Author: Berker Peksag (berker.peksag) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-01-13 20:08
I've now added a warning to the document.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:14adminsetgithub: 67950
2016-01-13 20:08:46berker.peksagsetstatus: pending -> closed

messages: + msg258165
stage: needs patch -> resolved
2016-01-03 10:01:40ezio.melottisetstatus: open -> pending
resolution: third party
2015-03-27 22:33:17berker.peksagsetnosy: + berker.peksag
messages: + msg239442
2015-03-27 21:30:28terry.reedysetmessages: + msg239439
stage: needs patch
2015-03-27 21:28:39terry.reedysetnosy: + terry.reedy
messages: + msg239438
2015-03-24 14:28:05joelthelioncreate