From: Trey Hunner <trey@treyhunner.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 03:10:54 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: bpo-30466: Add brief explanation of classes to tutorial (GH-1804) (GH-2700)
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bpo-30466: Add brief explanation of classes to tutorial (GH-1804) (GH-2700)
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 073444cf8b39..95141f94d6ac 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 Classes
 *******
 
+Classes provide a means of bundling data and functionality together.  Creating
+a new class creates a new *type* of object, allowing new *instances* of that
+type to be made.  Each class instance can have attributes attached to it for
+maintaining its state.  Class instances can also have methods (defined by its
+class) for modifying its state.
+
 Compared with other programming languages, Python's class mechanism adds classes
 with a minimum of new syntax and semantics.  It is a mixture of the class
 mechanisms found in C++ and Modula-3.  Python classes provide all the standard