This is my patch
[ 1004703 ] Make func_name writable
plus fixing a couple of nits in the documentation changes spotted by MvL
and a Misc/NEWS entry.
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
index 7f337f6..973275f 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -433,28 +433,55 @@
\obindex{function}
\obindex{user-defined function}
-Special attributes: \member{func_doc} or \member{__doc__} is the
-function's documentation string, or \code{None} if unavailable;
-\member{func_name} or \member{__name__} is the function's name;
-\member{__module__} is the name of the module the function was defined
-in, or \code{None} if unavailable;
-\member{func_defaults} is a tuple containing default argument values for
-those arguments that have defaults, or \code{None} if no arguments
-have a default value; \member{func_code} is the code object representing
-the compiled function body; \member{func_globals} is (a reference to)
-the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it
-defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was
-defined; \member{func_dict} or \member{__dict__} contains the
-namespace supporting arbitrary function attributes;
-\member{func_closure} is \code{None} or a tuple of cells that contain
-bindings for the function's free variables.
+Special attributes:
-Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults},
-\member{func_doc}/\member{__doc__}, and
-\member{func_dict}/\member{__dict__} may be writable; the
-others can never be changed. Additional information about a
-function's definition can be retrieved from its code object; see the
-description of internal types below.
+\begin{tableiii}{lll}{member}{Attribute}{Meaning}{}
+ \lineiii{func_doc}{The function's documentation string, or
+ \code{None} if unavailable}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{__doc__}{Another way of spelling
+ \member{func_doc}}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{func_name}{The function's name}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{__name__}{Another way of spelling
+ \member{func_name}}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{__module__}{The name of the module the function was defined
+ in, or \code{None} if unavailable.}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{func_defaults}{Atuple containing default argument values
+ for those arguments that have defaults, or \code{None} if no
+ arguments have a default value}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{func_code}{The code object representing the compiled
+ function body.}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{func_globals}{A reference to the dictionary that holds the
+ function's global variables --- the global namespace of the module
+ in which the function was defined.}{Read-only}
+
+ \lineiii{func_dict}{The namespace supporting arbitrary function
+ attributes.}{Writable}
+
+ \lineiii{func_closure}{\code{None} or a tuple of cells that contain
+ bindings for the function's free variables.}{Read-only}
+\end{tableiii}
+
+Most of the attributes labelled ``Writable'' check the type of the
+assigned value.
+
+\versionchanged[\code{func_name} is now writable]{2.4}
+
+Function objects also support getting and setting arbitrary
+attributes, which can be used, for example, to attach metadata to
+functions. Regular attribute dot-notation is used to get and set such
+attributes. \emph{Note that the current implementation only supports
+function attributes on user-defined functions. Function attributes on
+built-in functions may be supported in the future.}
+
+Additional information about a function's definition can be retrieved
+from its code object; see the description of internal types below.
\withsubitem{(function attribute)}{
\ttindex{func_doc}