[Python-checkins] r43522 - python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/ref/ref3.tex

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Sat Apr  1 09:23:12 2006
New Revision: 43522

Modified:
   python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
Log:
bug #1462278: small fix in documentation of __op__ vs __rop__ methods
 (backport from rev. 43521)

Modified: python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
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--- python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/ref/ref3.tex	(original)
+++ python/branches/release24-maint/Doc/ref/ref3.tex	Sat Apr  1 09:23:12 2006
@@ -2005,14 +2005,15 @@
 \item
 
 Exception to the previous item: if the left operand is an instance of
-a built-in type or a new-style class, and the right operand is an
-instance of a proper subclass of that type or class, the right
-operand's \method{__rop__()} method is tried \emph{before} the left
-operand's \method{__op__()} method.  This is done so that a subclass can
-completely override binary operators.  Otherwise, the left operand's
-__op__ method would always accept the right operand: when an instance
-of a given class is expected, an instance of a subclass of that class
-is always acceptable.
+a built-in type or a new-style class, and the right operand is an instance
+of a proper subclass of that type or class and overrides the base's
+\method{__rop__()} method, the right operand's \method{__rop__()} method
+is tried \emph{before} the left operand's \method{__op__()} method.
+
+This is done so that a subclass can completely override binary operators.
+Otherwise, the left operand's \method{__op__()} method would always
+accept the right operand: when an instance of a given class is expected,
+an instance of a subclass of that class is always acceptable.
 
 \item