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Docs: fix built-in function __self__ attribute descriptions - #159653
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Since PEP 3121, functions in C modules are bound to their module, so their __self__ is the module object. The inspect.isbuiltin docstring, the inspect attribute table and the data model reference still say it is None, as it was in Python 2. Describe it as the module object the function was defined in, or None.
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…H-159653) (GH-159710) Since PEP 3121, functions in C modules are bound to their module, so their __self__ is the module object. The inspect.isbuiltin docstring, the inspect attribute table and the data model reference still say it is None, as it was in Python 2. Describe it as the module object the function was defined in, or None. (cherry picked from commit 415ebff) Co-authored-by: crypt0lith <118923461+crypt0lith@users.noreply.github.com>
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…H-159653) (GH-159711) Since PEP 3121, functions in C modules are bound to their module, so their __self__ is the module object. The inspect.isbuiltin docstring, the inspect attribute table and the data model reference still say it is None, as it was in Python 2. Describe it as the module object the function was defined in, or None. (cherry picked from commit 415ebff) Co-authored-by: crypt0lith <118923461+crypt0lith@users.noreply.github.com>
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Since PEP 3121 (1a21451), functions in C modules are created with their module as
self. Theinspect.isbuiltindocstring, theinspectattribute table and the data model reference still say a built-in function's__self__isNone, as it was in Python 2.Describe it as the module object the function was defined in, or
None, mirroring__module__. It can still beNonefor built-in functions not defined in a module, such as the codec error handlers returned bycodecs.lookup_error().