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Author r.david.murray
Recipients Arfrever, barry, bru, eli.bendersky, eltoder, ethan.furman, facundobatista, iyogeshjoshi, juggernaut, mark.dickinson, pitrou, r.david.murray, rhettinger, serhiy.storchaka, skrah, vstinner
Date 2016-05-12.00:13:17
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No, they do not return instances of the derived type, they return instances of the base type.  This is an intentional design decision that has been discussed elsewhere (including, I think, somewhere in this tracker).
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