[issue37256] urllib.request.Request documentation erroneously refers to the "final two"

[Alan De Smet]

New submission from Alan De Smet <aadesmet at wisc.edu>:

In Doc/library/urllib.request.rst, in the documentation for the class `Request`, it says

```
   The final two arguments are only of interest for correct handling
   of third-party HTTP cookies:
```

However, three arguments follow, not two, and the last is not necessarily related to third-party cookie handling.

I believe replacing "final" with "next" will correct the sentence:

```
   The next two arguments are only of interest for correct handling
   of third-party HTTP cookies:
```

Verified present in the source releases for CPython 3.5.7, 3.6.8, 3.7.3, 3.8.0b1. It is _not_ present in 2.7.16 (as the third parameter didn't yet exist, so the existing phrasing is correct.)

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 345403
nosy: Alan De Smet, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: urllib.request.Request documentation erroneously refers to the "final two"
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7, Python 3.8, Python 3.9

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