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diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index 14aa184e2c..186cb4c381 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -254,6 +254,13 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: application, implementing all six rich comparison methods instead is likely to provide an easy speed boost. + .. note:: + + This decorator makes no attempt to override methods that have been + declared in the class *or its superclasses*. Meaning that if a + superclass defines a comparison operator, *total_ordering* will not + implement it again, even if the original method is abstract. + .. versionadded:: 3.2 .. versionchanged:: 3.4 |