Language reference does not clearly describe modern operand coercion
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Description
| BPO | 39302 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @ncoghlan |
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created_at = <Date 2020-01-11.08:41:52.195>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.8', '3.9']
title = 'Language reference does not clearly describe modern operand coercion'
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user = 'https://github.com/ncoghlan'
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stage = 'needs patch'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue39302'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9']
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reading the linked BPO issue 39302 and the Python language reference sections covering operand coercion. Identify which modern coercion behavior is missing or unclear, then update the relevant language-reference text so the documented behavior matches Python’s current semantics.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100