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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/93c65df83cef71a4bc77d71afecdec8744c4f73a
commit: 93c65df83cef71a4bc77d71afecdec8744c4f73a
branch: main
author: Alex Waygood <Alex.Waygood@Gmail.com>
committer: gvanrossum <gvanrossum@gmail.com>
date: 2021-11-25T20:55:15-08:00
summary:

bpo-44353: Correct docstring for `NewType` (#29785)

The docstring for `typing.NewType` is no longer strictly accurate, now that `NewType` is a class, rather than a function

files:
M Lib/typing.py

diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 031aa24eaf442..bdd19cadb471a 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -2427,7 +2427,7 @@ class NewType:
"""NewType creates simple unique types with almost zero
runtime overhead. NewType(name, tp) is considered a subtype of tp
by static type checkers. At runtime, NewType(name, tp) returns
- a dummy function that simply returns its argument. Usage::
+ a dummy callable that simply returns its argument. Usage::

UserId = NewType('UserId', int)


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