gh-109495: Remove unused slots from the Python implementation of date…

…time (GH-109494)
python · Sep 29, 2023 · 7d57288 · 7d57288
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diff --git a/Lib/_pydatetime.py b/Lib/_pydatetime.py
@@ -1684,7 +1684,7 @@ class datetime(date):
     The year, month and day arguments are required. tzinfo may be None, or an
     instance of a tzinfo subclass. The remaining arguments may be ints.
     """
-    __slots__ = date.__slots__ + time.__slots__
+    __slots__ = time.__slots__
 
     def __new__(cls, year, month=None, day=None, hour=0, minute=0, second=0,
                 microsecond=0, tzinfo=None, *, fold=0):

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-09-16-15-44-16.gh-issue-109495.m2H5Bk.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-09-16-15-44-16.gh-issue-109495.m2H5Bk.rst
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+Remove unnecessary extra ``__slots__`` in :py:class:`datetime`\'s pure python implementation to reduce memory size, as they are defined in the superclass. Patch by James Hilton-Balfe
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		Remove unnecessary extra ``__slots__`` in :py:class:`datetime`\'s pure python implementation to reduce memory size, as they are defined in the superclass. Patch by James Hilton-Balfe