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3 changes: 1 addition & 2 deletions Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1074,8 +1074,7 @@ this approach.
.. attribute:: module.__file__

:attr:`!__file__` is an optional attribute that
may or may not be set. Both attributes should be a :class:`str` when they
are available.
may or may not be set. It should be a :class:`str` when it is available.

An optional attribute, :attr:`!__file__` indicates the pathname of the file
from which the module was loaded (if loaded from a file), or the pathname of
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