From: Aaron Ang Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 14:21:32 +0000 (-0700) Subject: bpo-28677: Improve phrasing of when instance attribute is referenced (GH-6208) X-Git-Tag: v3.8.0a1~1316 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=c0f0a7669c73c0d444851dd4c5299de2479214cc;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git bpo-28677: Improve phrasing of when instance attribute is referenced (GH-6208) --- diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index b8f1226e54a0..83b7db7c7cff 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ the corresponding function with an argument list that is created by inserting the method's instance object before the first argument. If you still don't understand how methods work, a look at the implementation can -perhaps clarify matters. When an instance attribute is referenced that isn't a -data attribute, its class is searched. If the name denotes a valid class +perhaps clarify matters. When a non-data attribute of an instance is +referenced, the instance's class is searched. If the name denotes a valid class attribute that is a function object, a method object is created by packing (pointers to) the instance object and the function object just found together in an abstract object: this is the method object. When the method object is called