#26829: Clarify that namespace is copied to a new __dict__ in instance creation.
Patch by Emily Morehouse.
diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 89b2ac6..c3563f3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -1449,8 +1449,9 @@
class name and becomes the :attr:`~class.__name__` attribute; the *bases*
tuple itemizes the base classes and becomes the :attr:`~class.__bases__`
attribute; and the *dict* dictionary is the namespace containing definitions
- for class body and becomes the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute. For
- example, the following two statements create identical :class:`type` objects:
+ for class body and is copied to a standard dictionary to become the
+ :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute. For example, the following two
+ statements create identical :class:`type` objects:
>>> class X:
... a = 1
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 2b59ce1..3ddbd62 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1734,6 +1734,11 @@
included in the class definition (if any) and the resulting object is bound
in the local namespace as the defined class.
+When a new class is created by ``type.__new__``, the object provided as the
+namespace parameter is copied to a standard Python dictionary and the original
+object is discarded. The new copy becomes the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute
+of the class object.
+
.. seealso::
:pep:`3135` - New super
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index bfdc447..0da5cf8 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -999,6 +999,7 @@
Paul Moore
Ross Moore
Ben Morgan
+Emily Morehouse
Derek Morr
James A Morrison
Martin Morrison