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PEP 484: NewType is now a class, not a function #2199
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Since Python 3.10, we've changed PEP 484's NewType to a class, not a function, so this section is misleading.
Should we update it? Or do we leave it as is?
CC @JelleZijlstra and @gvanrossum
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AlexWaygood commentedon Dec 18, 2021
I recently had a PR to the mypy docs accepted, tackling this issue: python/mypy#11621
I think similar changes to PEP 484 would be good.
JelleZijlstra commentedon Dec 18, 2021
PEPs are historical documents, not living documentation, and at some point we should stop changing them. I guess we previously discussed this in #1942 and #2158.
For this particular change, I don't think it's especially important that PEP 484 is exactly correct. It's just an implementation detail.
gvanrossum commentedon Dec 18, 2021
Indeed. PEP 484 is no longer provisional.
CAM-Gerlach commentedon Mar 4, 2022
@gvanrossum It looks like it is still marked as such—should it be updated?
gvanrossum commentedon Mar 4, 2022
Yeah, should be Final. :-)
CAM-Gerlach commentedon Mar 4, 2022
Opened as PR #2380