[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): The im_class of unbound class methods is actually not the same as im_self.

[georg.brandl]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/c15a92210b48
changeset:   83350:c15a92210b48
branch:      2.7
user:        Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date:        Sun Apr 14 11:53:36 2013 +0200
summary:
  The im_class of unbound class methods is actually not the same as im_self.

files:
  Doc/reference/datamodel.rst |  9 ++++-----
  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -623,9 +623,8 @@
          single: im_self (method attribute)
 
       When a user-defined method object is created by retrieving a class method object
-      from a class or instance, its :attr:`im_self` attribute is the class itself (the
-      same as the :attr:`im_class` attribute), and its :attr:`im_func` attribute is
-      the function object underlying the class method.
+      from a class or instance, its :attr:`im_self` attribute is the class itself, and
+      its :attr:`im_func` attribute is the function object underlying the class method.
 
       When an unbound user-defined method object is called, the underlying function
       (:attr:`im_func`) is called, with the restriction that the first argument must
@@ -797,8 +796,8 @@
    associated class is either :class:`C` or one of its base classes, it is
    transformed into an unbound user-defined method object whose :attr:`im_class`
    attribute is :class:`C`. When it would yield a class method object, it is
-   transformed into a bound user-defined method object whose :attr:`im_class`
-   and :attr:`im_self` attributes are both :class:`C`.  When it would yield a
+   transformed into a bound user-defined method object whose
+   :attr:`im_self` attribute is :class:`C`.  When it would yield a
    static method object, it is transformed into the object wrapped by the static
    method object. See section :ref:`descriptors` for another way in which
    attributes retrieved from a class may differ from those actually contained in

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