[Python-checkins] r74412 - in python/branches/py3k: Doc/tutorial/classes.rst

[georg.brandl]

Author: georg.brandl
Date: Thu Aug 13 14:58:30 2009
New Revision: 74412

Log:
Merged revisions 74411 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r74411 | georg.brandl | 2009-08-13 14:57:25 +0200 (Do, 13 Aug 2009) | 2 lines
  
  Remove potentially confusing sentence in __mangling description.
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Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/   (props changed)
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst	Thu Aug 13 14:58:30 2009
@@ -592,11 +592,8 @@
 ``__spam`` (at least two leading underscores, at most one trailing underscore)
 is textually replaced with ``_classname__spam``, where ``classname`` is the
 current class name with leading underscore(s) stripped.  This mangling is done
-without regard to the syntactic position of the identifier, so it can be used to
-define class-private instance and class variables, methods, variables stored in
-globals, and even variables stored in instances.  Truncation may occur when the
-mangled name would be longer than 255 characters.  Outside classes, or when the
-class name consists of only underscores, no mangling occurs.
+without regard to the syntactic position of the identifier, as long as it
+occurs within the definition of a class.
 
 Note that the mangling rules are designed mostly to avoid accidents; it still is
 possible to access or modify a variable that is considered private.  This can