Concrete object C API considered harmful to subclasses of builtin types

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reading the linked issue10977_list.patch, which is identified as a patch for list, then inspect the relevant Python C API documentation. Determine which documentation still needs clarification about concrete object APIs and subclasses of builtin types. Done means the affected documentation clearly addresses the issue’s stated concern.

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Description

docs topic-C-API type-bug
BPO 10977
Nosy @rhettinger, @ncoghlan, @pitrou, @scoder, @benjaminp, @merwok, @Trundle, @meadori, @durban, @ericsnowcurrently, @MojoVampire
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  • issue10977_list.patch: Patch for list.
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2011-01-21.23:49:24.089>
labels = ['type-bug', 'docs']
title = 'Concrete object C API considered harmful to subclasses of builtin types'
updated_at = <Date 2015-05-13.21:37:51.271>
user = 'https://github.com/rhettinger'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2015-05-13.21:37:51.271>
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assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
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creation = <Date 2011-01-21.23:49:24.089>
creator = 'rhettinger'
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files = ['21303']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 10977
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nosy_count = 13.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'ncoghlan', 'pitrou', 'scoder', 'benjamin.peterson', 'eric.araujo', 'Arfrever', 'Trundle', 'meador.inge', 'daniel.urban', 'docs@python', 'eric.snow', 'josh.r']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue10977'
versions = ['Python 3.3']

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