delete misleading faq entry about atomic operations

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1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by locating the Python documentation FAQ entry about atomic operations and review why it is considered misleading. Remove that entry, then verify the documentation no longer contains it; the issue references existing PR python/cpython#28886 for context.

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Description

3.10 3.11 3.9 (EOL) docs type-bug
BPO 45435
Nosy @pitrou, @stevendaprano, @serhiy-storchaka, @jeff5, @graingert, @pablogsal, @bensimner
PRs
  • python/cpython#28886
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2021-10-11.20:25:32.309>
labels = ['3.11', 'type-bug', '3.9', '3.10', 'docs']
title = 'delete misleading faq entry about atomic operations'
updated_at = <Date 2021-10-12.23:09:38.937>
user = 'https://github.com/graingert'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-10-12.23:09:38.937>
actor = 'bjs'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2021-10-11.20:25:32.309>
creator = 'graingert'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 45435
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 8.0
messages = ['403700', '403714', '403715', '403716', '403725', '403729', '403754', '403765']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'steven.daprano', 'docs@python', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'jeff.allen', 'graingert', 'pablogsal', 'bjs']
pr_nums = ['28886']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue45435'
versions = ['Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10', 'Python 3.11']

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