Issue #17736: fix misleading comment in _elementtree.c

eliben · eliben · commit d4cb4b745179 · 2013-04-22T05:25:25.000-07:00
Patch by Jonas Wagner
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1274,6 +1274,7 @@ Rodrigo Steinmuller Wanderley
 Ke Wang
 Greg Ward
 Zachary Ware
+Jonas Wagner
 Barry Warsaw
 Steve Waterbury
 Bob Watson
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -312,7 +312,9 @@ element_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
  * This is required by some constructors/functions in this module that can
  * either accept attrib as a keyword argument or all attributes splashed
  * directly into *kwds.
- * If there is no 'attrib' keyword, return an empty dict.
+ *
+ * Return a dictionary with the content of kwds merged into the content of
+ * attrib. If there is no attrib keyword, return a copy of kwds.
  */
 static PyObject*
 get_attrib_from_keywords(PyObject *kwds)
