[Python-checkins] Add a reference to the name mangling description in the tutorial to the index. (GH-10138)
Serhiy Storchaka
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Wed Nov 7 12:59:49 EST 2018
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5eec4426d9144b2255500217d0e3ff9463d2770
commit: c5eec4426d9144b2255500217d0e3ff9463d2770
branch: master
author: Andrés Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>
committer: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com>
date: 2018-11-07T19:59:45+02:00
summary:
Add a reference to the name mangling description in the tutorial to the index. (GH-10138)
files:
M Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 7d3b823a14e0..edbc43fb1b5d 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -672,6 +672,9 @@ be treated as a non-public part of the API (whether it is a function, a method
or a data member). It should be considered an implementation detail and subject
to change without notice.
+.. index::
+ pair: name; mangling
+
Since there is a valid use-case for class-private members (namely to avoid name
clashes of names with names defined by subclasses), there is limited support for
such a mechanism, called :dfn:`name mangling`. Any identifier of the form
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