https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/faa169afa0dad9586b294ea9ab6e5e17c5712861 commit: faa169afa0dad9586b294ea9ab6e5e17c5712861 branch: main author: Furkan Onder <[email protected]> committer: encukou <[email protected]> date: 2025-10-20T14:15:30+02:00 summary:
gh-66646: Explain __base__ attribute in the docs (GH-102554) Co-authored-by: Éric <[email protected]> files: M Doc/reference/datamodel.rst diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 29f82fc12da1cc..28ef5825159cb2 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@ Special attributes single: __module__ (class attribute) single: __dict__ (class attribute) single: __bases__ (class attribute) + single: __base__ (class attribute) single: __doc__ (class attribute) single: __annotations__ (class attribute) single: __annotate__ (class attribute) @@ -1219,6 +1220,13 @@ Special attributes In most cases, for a class defined as ``class X(A, B, C)``, ``X.__bases__`` will be exactly equal to ``(A, B, C)``. + * - .. attribute:: type.__base__ + - .. impl-detail:: + + The single base class in the inheritance chain that is responsible + for the memory layout of instances. This attribute corresponds to + :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_base` at the C level. + * - .. attribute:: type.__doc__ - The class's documentation string, or ``None`` if undefined. Not inherited by subclasses. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-checkins.python.org Member address: [email protected]
