C-API documentation clarification for tp_dictoffset

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
c, python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the C-API documentation entry for tp_dictoffset; the payload names no source file or test. Compare the current wording with the clarification requested in migrated BPO issue 16272, and consider the documentation complete when the behavior and usage of tp_dictoffset are unambiguous.

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Description

3.10 3.8 (EOL) 3.9 (EOL) docs type-feature
BPO 16272
Nosy @asvetlov, @eryksun

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-10-18.00:27:43.357>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'docs']
title = 'C-API documentation clarification for tp_dictoffset'
updated_at = <Date 2021-03-05.13:35:24.594>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ChrisColbert'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-03-05.13:35:24.594>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2012-10-18.00:27:43.357>
creator = 'Chris.Colbert'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 16272
keywords = []
message_count = 2.0
messages = ['173222', '220995']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['asvetlov', 'docs@python', 'Chris.Colbert', 'eryksun', 'mkysel']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue16272'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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