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This PR addresses #161005.

  • Replaces the unfamiliar <: subtype notation with clearer prose.
  • Preserves the original meaning of the arithmetic operations documentation.

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@saioffl saioffl changed the title Docs: simplify subtype notation in numbers.rst Docs: simplify subtype notation in numbers.rst (GH-161005) Oct 31, 2026
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Hey, I've replaced the unfamiliar <: subtype notation with clearer prose while preserving the original type relationships and technical meaning. Hope that helps..

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of :class:`Complex` (``a : A <: Complex``), and ``b : B <:
Complex``. I'll consider ``a + b``:
of :class:`Complex`, and ``b`` will be an instance of ``B``,
which is also a subtype of :class:`Complex`. I'll consider ``a + b``:

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Maybe something like this would flow nicely?

Let ``a`` be an instance of ``A`` and ``b`` be an instance of ``B``,
where both ``A`` and ``B`` are subtypes of :class:`Complex`.

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"Let" sounds very mathy (which I guess this section kind of is, but I'd go with:

In this description, a is an instance of A and b is an instance of B, where A and B are both subtypes of Complex.

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Yes, "let" is too heavy even for this description. I would like to remove the personal form of "I" in this document as well since we're anyway editing this part of the docs.

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Good point.

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Thanks for the feedback. I've updated the wording to avoid the mathematical-sounding "Let" and replaced the first-person phrasing in this section, and while preserving the original technical meaning and subtype relationships..

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As we're editing this file, let's also change the "Adding More Numeric ABCs" header to "Adding more numeric ABCs": https://devguide.python.org/documentation/style-guide/#capitalization.

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As we're editing this file, let's also change the "Adding More Numeric ABCs" header to "Adding more numeric ABCs": https://devguide.python.org/documentation/style-guide/#capitalization.

Sure, I'll update that heading to match the documentation style guide as well.

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Thanks @saioffl for the PR, and @nedbat for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.14, 3.15.
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GH-161023 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.15 branch.

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GH-161024 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.14 branch.

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[3.15] Docs: gh-161005: simplify subtype notation in numbers.rst (G…
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…H-161006) (#161023)

Co-authored-by: sai <saisabarish.s.2023.cse@ritchennai.edu.in>
Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
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[3.14] Docs: gh-161005: simplify subtype notation in numbers.rst (G…
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…H-161006) (#161024)

Co-authored-by: sai <saisabarish.s.2023.cse@ritchennai.edu.in>
Co-authored-by: Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com>
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