Docs for typing.ForwardRef don't state that it was added in 3.7

[dom1310df]

BPO	41824
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @Fidget-Spinner
PRs	bpo-41824: Add versionadded for typing.ForwardRef docs #24224 [3.9] bpo-41824: Add versionadded for typing.ForwardRef docs (GH-24224) #24493 [3.8] bpo-41824: Add versionadded for typing.ForwardRef docs (GH-24224) #24494 [3.8] bpo-41824: Fix indentation issue in ForwardRef docs #24495

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closed_at = <Date 2021-02-09.19:02:00.442>
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labels = ['3.7', 'docs']
title = "Docs for typing.ForwardRef don't state that it was added in 3.7"
updated_at = <Date 2021-02-09.19:02:00.441>
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[dom1310df]

typing.ForwardRef was first documented in #58424 but there's no mention that the class was only added in Python 3.7.

In Python 3.6 there's no typing.ForwardRef; there is a typing._ForwardRef which seems to be the same thing from before it was made public.

What I don't know is whether the change of name was made in 3.7 or in a point release.

[gvanrossum]

New changeset da21f7b by Ken Jin in branch 'master':
bpo-41824: Add versionadded for typing.ForwardRef docs (bpo-24224)
da21f7b

[gvanrossum]

New changeset 917eca7 by Ken Jin in branch '3.9':
bpo-41824: Add versionadded for typing.ForwardRef docs (bpo-24224) (bpo-24493)
917eca7

[gvanrossum]

New changeset c8a48c6 by Ken Jin in branch '3.8':
[3.8] bpo-41824: Add versionadded for typing.ForwardRef docs (bpo-24224) (bpo-24494)
c8a48c6

[gvanrossum]

New changeset 822f7c2 by Ken Jin in branch '3.8':
[3.8] bpo-41824: Fix indentation issue in ForwardRef docs (bpo-24495)
822f7c2

[Fidget-Spinner]

I think we can close this now. Thanks for reporting it Dominic, and thanks Guido for all your help!