gh-98658: Add __class_getitem__ to array.array

Doc/whatsnew/3.12.rst

@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ New Modules
 Improved Modules
 ================
 
+array
+-----
+
+* The :class:`array.array` class now supports subscripting, making it a
+  :term:`generic type`. (Contributed by Jelle Zijlstra in :gh:`98658`.)
+
 asyncio
 -------
 
@@ -132,7 +138,6 @@ asyncio
   and will be removed in Python 3.14.
   (Contributed by Kumar Aditya in :gh:`94597`.)
 
-
 pathlib
 -------
 

Lib/test/test_genericalias.py

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import unittest
 import pickle
+from array import array
 import copy
 from collections import (
     defaultdict, deque, OrderedDict, Counter, UserDict, UserList
@@ -124,7 +125,8 @@ class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
                      ShareableList,
                      Future, _WorkItem,
                      Morsel,
-                     DictReader, DictWriter]
+                     DictReader, DictWriter,
+                     array]
     if ctypes is not None:
         generic_types.extend((ctypes.Array, ctypes.LibraryLoader))
     if ValueProxy is not None:

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-10-25-07-00-31.gh-issue-98658.nGABW9.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The :class:`array.array` class now supports subscripting, making it a
+:term:`generic type`.

Modules/arraymodule.c

@@ -2303,6 +2303,7 @@ static PyMethodDef array_methods[] = {
     ARRAY_ARRAY_TOBYTES_METHODDEF
     ARRAY_ARRAY_TOUNICODE_METHODDEF
     ARRAY_ARRAY___SIZEOF___METHODDEF
+    {"__class_getitem__", Py_GenericAlias, METH_O|METH_CLASS, PyDoc_STR("See PEP 585")},
     {NULL, NULL}  /* sentinel */
 };