https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a93a5a39fb3c4d15082d2464ef10161aa9f2c46e
commit: a93a5a39fb3c4d15082d2464ef10161aa9f2c46e
branch: main
author: Adam Turner <[email protected]>
committer: AA-Turner <[email protected]>
date: 2025-02-07T15:12:33Z
summary:

gh-128563: Clarify clarificatory tail calling wording in What's New (#129812)

files:
M Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
index e5e9474d1e5d85..1e469e8738bfcb 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
@@ -230,13 +230,15 @@ tested and can validate its improved performance.
 For further information on how to build Python, see
 :option:`--with-tail-call-interp`.
 
-(Contributed by Ken Jin in :gh:`128718`, with ideas on how to implement this
-in CPython by Mark Shannon, Garret Gu, Haoran Xu, and Josh Haberman.)
-
 .. note::
 
-   This is not to be confused with tail call optimization of Python code.
-   Python functions do not currently have tail call optimization.
+   This is not to be confused with `tail call optimization`__ of Python
+   functions, which is currently not implemented in CPython.
+
+   __ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tail_call
+
+(Contributed by Ken Jin in :gh:`128718`, with ideas on how to implement this
+in CPython by Mark Shannon, Garret Gu, Haoran Xu, and Josh Haberman.)
 
 
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