#17818: aifc.getparams now returns a namedtuple.

Patch by Claudiu Popa.
diff --git a/Doc/library/aifc.rst b/Doc/library/aifc.rst
index f8a6ab7..c1cd215 100644
--- a/Doc/library/aifc.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/aifc.rst
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@
 
 .. method:: aifc.getparams()
 
-   Return a tuple consisting of all of the above values in the above order.
+   Returns a :func:`~collections.namedtuple` ``(nchannels, sampwidth,
+   framerate, nframes, comptype, compname)``, equivalent to output of the
+   :meth:`get\*` methods.
 
 
 .. method:: aifc.getmarkers()
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index 2b114f1..40b8243 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@
 FAIL_FAST`` (to parallel the similar option supported by the :mod:`unittest`
 CLI).  (Contributed by R. David Murray in :issue:`11390`.)
 
+aifc
+----
+
+The :meth:`~aifc.getparams` method now returns a namedtuple rather than a
+plain tuple.  (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17818`.)
+
 
 functools
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