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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-06-15 20:56:40 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-06-15 20:56:40 (GMT)
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Added note to __not__() description that this operation is defined
only by the interpreter core and is not overridable by objects. Based on comment from David Ascher on the list.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liboperator.tex b/Doc/lib/liboperator.tex
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@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ Return the bitwise exclusive or of \var{a} and \var{b}.
\begin{funcdesc}{not_}{o}
\funcline{__not__}{o}
-Return the outcome of \keyword{not} \var{o}.
+Return the outcome of \keyword{not} \var{o}. (Note that there is no
+\method{__not__()} discipline for object instances; only the
+interpreter core defines this operation.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{truth}{o}