[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.1 -> 3.2): Issue #10771: Clarify that descriptors get used in an *owner* class or one of
raymond.hettinger
python-checkins at python.org
Wed Mar 23 00:28:19 CET 2011
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/4dfbf8c8f4e5
changeset: 68850:4dfbf8c8f4e5
branch: 3.2
parent: 68847:f882b284d260
parent: 68849:b31606ea7ce3
user: Raymond Hettinger <python at rcn.com>
date: Tue Mar 22 16:27:31 2011 -0700
summary:
Issue #10771: Clarify that descriptors get used in an *owner* class or one of its parents.
files:
Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1352,10 +1352,11 @@
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The following methods only apply when an instance of the class containing the
-method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in the class dictionary of
-another class, known as the *owner* class. In the examples below, "the
-attribute" refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the
-owner class' :attr:`__dict__`.
+method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in an *owner* class (the
+descriptor must be in either the owner's class dictionary or in the class
+dictionary for one of its parents). In the examples below, "the attribute"
+refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the owner
+class' :attr:`__dict__`.
.. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner)
--
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