bpo-40304: Correct type(name, bases, dict) doc (GH-19553)

verhovsky · merwok · terryjreedy · web-flow · commit 644d52818a63 · 2021-01-22T00:47:23.000-05:00
Co-authored-by: Éric Araujo &lt;merwok@netwok.org&gt;
Co-authored-by: Terry Jan Reedy &lt;tjreedy@udel.edu&gt;
Co-authored-by: Tal Einat &lt;532281+taleinat@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1703,18 +1703,19 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
 
 
    With three arguments, return a new type object.  This is essentially a
-   dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is the
-   class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute; the *bases*
-   tuple itemizes the base classes and becomes the :attr:`~class.__bases__`
-   attribute; and the *dict* dictionary is the namespace containing definitions
-   for class body and is copied to a standard dictionary to become the
-   :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.  For example, the following two
-   statements create identical :class:`type` objects:
+   dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is
+   the class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute.
+   The *bases* tuple contains the base classes and becomes the
+   :attr:`~class.__bases__` attribute; if empty, :class:`object`, the
+   ultimate base of all classes, is added.  The *dict* dictionary contains
+   attribute and method definitions for the class body; it may be copied
+   or wrapped before becoming the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
+   The following two statements create identical :class:`type` objects:
 
       >>> class X:
       ...     a = 1
       ...
-      >>> X = type('X', (object,), dict(a=1))
+      >>> X = type('X', (), dict(a=1))
 
    See also :ref:`bltin-type-objects`.
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Documentation/2021-01-20-23-03-49.bpo-40304.-LK7Ps.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix doc for type(name, bases, dict).  Patch by Boris Verkhovskiy and
+Éric Araujo.

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	`1`	`+Fix doc for type(name, bases, dict). Patch by Boris Verkhovskiy and`
	`2`	`+Éric Araujo.`