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On 09/02/2015 11:28, Rustom Mody wrote:
> Poking around in help() (python 3.4.2) I find
>
> * PACKAGES
> does not seem to have anything on packages
> * DYNAMICFEATURES
> seems to be some kind of footnote
> * SPECIALATTRIBUTES
> has 'bases' and 'subclasses'. It seems to me a more consistent naming
> for OOP would be in order.  These are the OOP-metaphors I am familiar with
> - superclass ↔ subclass
> - base class ↔ derived class
> - parent class ↔ child class
>
> [Yeah if this is a bug its more than a docbug.
> So no, I am not suggesting changing the actual attribute names which would be a
> breaking change, just the stuff in help()
> ]
>

So raise an issue and attach a patch.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence