[Python-checkins] bpo-34085: Improve wording on classmethod/staticmethod (GH-8228)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b23b08623a46cef841038ee32948020692ef1b35
commit: b23b08623a46cef841038ee32948020692ef1b35
branch: 3.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
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date: 2019-03-25T16:00:00-07:00
summary:

bpo-34085: Improve wording on classmethod/staticmethod (GH-8228)


* bpo-34085: Improve wording on classmethod/staticmethod

* Address comments from Éric

* Address comments from Éric
(cherry picked from commit 548cb6060ab9d5a66931ea2be4da08c2c72c9176)

Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/library/functions.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/functions.rst b/Doc/library/functions.rst
index 9326b8d0fe7d..2ed6fb3ba2b0 100644
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst
@@ -210,19 +210,18 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
           @classmethod
           def f(cls, arg1, arg2, ...): ...
 
-   The ``@classmethod`` form is a function :term:`decorator` -- see the description
-   of function definitions in :ref:`function` for details.
+   The ``@classmethod`` form is a function :term:`decorator` -- see
+   :ref:`function` for details.
 
-   It can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on an instance (such
+   A class method can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on an instance (such
    as ``C().f()``).  The instance is ignored except for its class. If a class
    method is called for a derived class, the derived class object is passed as the
    implied first argument.
 
    Class methods are different than C++ or Java static methods. If you want those,
-   see :func:`staticmethod` in this section.
+   see :func:`staticmethod`.
 
-   For more information on class methods, consult the documentation on the standard
-   type hierarchy in :ref:`types`.
+   For more information on class methods, see :ref:`types`.
 
 
 .. function:: compile(source, filename, mode, flags=0, dont_inherit=False, optimize=-1)
@@ -1445,11 +1444,11 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
           @staticmethod
           def f(arg1, arg2, ...): ...
 
-   The ``@staticmethod`` form is a function :term:`decorator` -- see the
-   description of function definitions in :ref:`function` for details.
+   The ``@staticmethod`` form is a function :term:`decorator` -- see
+   :ref:`function` for details.
 
-   It can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on an instance (such
-   as ``C().f()``).  The instance is ignored except for its class.
+   A static method can be called either on the class (such as ``C.f()``) or on an instance (such
+   as ``C().f()``).
 
    Static methods in Python are similar to those found in Java or C++. Also see
    :func:`classmethod` for a variant that is useful for creating alternate class
@@ -1464,8 +1463,7 @@ are always available.  They are listed here in alphabetical order.
       class C:
           builtin_open = staticmethod(open)
 
-   For more information on static methods, consult the documentation on the
-   standard type hierarchy in :ref:`types`.
+   For more information on static methods, see :ref:`types`.
 
 
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