From 85527cf50a9a4eecaca4022f7c6cb9e0bae1fa5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cheryl Sabella Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 21:40:52 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-27505: Add change notes in module attribute docs (GH-5320) Make it clear that setting __class__ on a module has worked since 3.5, but support for __getattr__ and __dir__ on module instances requires 3.7+ Patch by Cheryl Sabella. --- Doc/reference/datamodel.rst | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 8d47002065f..25b95c11543 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1564,6 +1564,17 @@ a module object to a subclass of :class:`types.ModuleType`. For example:: the module globals (whether by code within the module, or via a reference to the module's globals dictionary) is unaffected. +.. versionchanged:: 3.5 + ``__class__`` module attribute is now writable. + +.. versionadded:: 3.7 + ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` module attributes. + +.. seealso:: + + :pep:`562` - Module __getattr__ and __dir__ + Describes the ``__getattr__`` and ``__dir__`` functions on modules. + .. _descriptors: