[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Doc/ref ref3.tex,1.61,1.62

[Barry Warsaw]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv18503

Modified Files:
	ref3.tex 
Log Message:
Updates to describe function attributes.


Index: ref3.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/ref/ref3.tex,v
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diff -C2 -r1.61 -r1.62
*** ref3.tex	2001/02/22 21:28:04	1.61
--- ref3.tex	2001/02/27 03:36:30	1.62
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  the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it
  defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was
! defined.
! Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults} and
! \member{func_doc} (and this \member{__doc__}) may be writable; the
  others can never be changed.
  Additional information about a function's definition can be
--- 416,425 ----
  the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it
  defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was
! defined; \member{func_dict} or \member{__dict__} contains the
! namespace supporting arbitrary function attributes.
! 
! Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults},
! \member{func_doc}/\member{__doc__}, and
! \member{func_dict}/\member{__dict__} may be writable; the
  others can never be changed.
  Additional information about a function's definition can be
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*** 427,433 ****
    \ttindex{__doc__}
    \ttindex{__name__}
    \ttindex{func_defaults}
    \ttindex{func_code}
!   \ttindex{func_globals}}
  \indexii{global}{namespace}
  
--- 430,438 ----
    \ttindex{__doc__}
    \ttindex{__name__}
+   \ttindex{__dict__}
    \ttindex{func_defaults}
    \ttindex{func_code}
!   \ttindex{func_globals}
!   \ttindex{func_dict}}
  \indexii{global}{namespace}
  
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--- 454,460 ----
    \ttindex{im_func}
    \ttindex{im_self}}
+ 
+ Methods also support accessing (but not setting) the arbitrary
+ function attributes on the underlying function object.
  
  User-defined method objects are created in two ways: when getting an