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Title: Document how **= does not fall back on **
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.9, Python 3.8
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: brett.cannon Nosy List: ammar2, brett.cannon, docs@python, miss-islington
Priority: high Keywords: patch

Created on 2020-09-01 20:08 by brett.cannon, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Pull Requests
URL Status Linked Edit
PR 22172 merged ammar2, 2020-09-09 14:47
PR 22175 merged miss-islington, 2020-09-09 18:01
Messages (3)
msg376207 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-09-01 20:08
https://bugs.python.org/issue38302 covers fixing the fact that `a **= b` does not fall back on `a = a ** b` when `__ipow__` is defined for PYthon 3.10. For older versions of CPython with the bug we should document the slip in semantics.
msg376652 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2020-09-09 18:01
New changeset 46bc21e1780016aaacd34e472f838dc792fb674c by Ammar Askar in branch '3.9':
[3.9] bpo-41688: Document bug in **= dispatching in the language data… (GH-22172)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/46bc21e1780016aaacd34e472f838dc792fb674c
msg376655 - (view) Author: miss-islington (miss-islington) Date: 2020-09-09 18:15
New changeset 4c4c354de2c9a290afbd4e5fcba07e3696ca0396 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8':
[3.8] [3.9] bpo-41688: Document bug in **= dispatching in the language data… (GH-22172) (GH-22175)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4c4c354de2c9a290afbd4e5fcba07e3696ca0396
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:35adminsetgithub: 85854
2020-09-09 18:16:16brett.cannonsetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2020-09-09 18:15:56miss-islingtonsetmessages: + msg376655
2020-09-09 18:01:57miss-islingtonsetpull_requests: + pull_request21243
2020-09-09 18:01:45miss-islingtonsetnosy: + miss-islington
messages: + msg376652
2020-09-09 14:47:01ammar2setkeywords: + patch
nosy: + ammar2

pull_requests: + pull_request21241
stage: patch review
2020-09-01 20:08:29brett.cannonsetassignee: docs@python -> brett.cannon
2020-09-01 20:08:17brett.cannoncreate