From python-ideas:https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2017-December/048504.htmlIn python 2.7, ABCs's caches and registries are sets. But in python 3.6 they are WeakSet.In consequence, the output of _dump_registry() is almost useless:>>> from collections import abc>>> abc.Iterator._dump_registry()Class: collections.abc.IteratorInv.counter: 40_abc_cache: <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x7f4b58fe2668>_abc_negative_cache: <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x7f4b53283780>_abc_negative_cache_version: 40_abc_registry: <_weakrefset.WeakSet object at 0x7f4b58fe2630>We could convert them into a regular set before printing:if isinstance(value, WeakSet):    value = set(value)The result:>>> abc.Iterator._dump_registry()Class: collections.abc.IteratorInv.counter: 40_abc_cache: {<class 'dict_valueiterator'>, <class 'bytearray_iterator'>, <class 'tuple_iterator'>, <class 'dict_itemiterator'>, <class 'dict_keyiterator'>, <class 'str_iterator'>, <class 'zip'>, <class 'set_iterator'>, <class 'list_reverseiterator'>, <class 'range_iterator'>, <class 'longrange_iterator'>, <class 'list_iterator'>, <class 'bytes_iterator'>}_abc_negative_cache: set()_abc_negative_cache_version: 40_abc_registry: set()

New changesetae12f5d4c98f2095c2aadd58981453e955044697 by INADA Naoki (yahya-abou-imran) in branch 'master':bpo-32473: Improve ABCMeta._dump_registry() readability (GH-5091)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ae12f5d4c98f2095c2aadd58981453e955044697

New changeseta91662affeb0aae2515cdc5e8f82269337105bf4 by INADA Naoki (Miss Islington (bot)) in branch '3.6':bpo-32473: Improve ABCMeta._dump_registry() readability (GH-5091)https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a91662affeb0aae2515cdc5e8f82269337105bf4