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bpo-15243: Document __prepare__ as classmethod (GH-17124)

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alclarks 2020-01-25 18:49:58 +00:00 committed by Berker Peksag
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@ -1945,7 +1945,8 @@ Preparing the class namespace
Once the appropriate metaclass has been identified, then the class namespace
is prepared. If the metaclass has a ``__prepare__`` attribute, it is called
as ``namespace = metaclass.__prepare__(name, bases, **kwds)`` (where the
additional keyword arguments, if any, come from the class definition).
additional keyword arguments, if any, come from the class definition). The
``__prepare__`` method should be implemented as a :func:`classmethod`.
If the metaclass has no ``__prepare__`` attribute, then the class namespace
is initialised as an empty ordered mapping.