#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
---------