From: Georg Brandl Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 19:32:43 +0000 (+0000) Subject: #9451: strengthen warning about __*__ special name usage. X-Git-Tag: v3.2a2~531 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7d180a0da1eef4aff2ac1149f04a52997b380ef6;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git #9451: strengthen warning about __*__ special name usage. --- diff --git a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst index 1b8b7b5a2e2d..51a291eaf237 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/lexical_analysis.rst @@ -362,11 +362,12 @@ characters: information on this convention. ``__*__`` - System-defined names. These names are defined by the interpreter and its - implementation (including the standard library); applications should not expect - to define additional names using this convention. The set of names of this - class defined by Python may be extended in future versions. See section - :ref:`specialnames`. + System-defined names. These names are defined by the interpreter and its + implementation (including the standard library). Current system names are + discussed in the :ref:`specialnames` section and elsewhere. More will likely + be defined in future versions of Python. *Any* use of ``__*__`` names, in + any context, that does not follow explicitly documented use, is subject to + breakage without warning. ``__*`` Class-private names. Names in this category, when used within the context of a