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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-09-20 04:48:20 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2000-09-20 04:48:20 (GMT)
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Clarify that the softspace attribute is used by print for state management,
not as a user-controlled parameter.
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@@ -1132,6 +1132,9 @@ zero. This will be automatic for most classes implemented in Python
(care may be needed for objects that override attribute access); types
implemented in C will have to provide a writable
\member{softspace} attribute.
+\strong{Note:} This attribute is not used to control the
+\keyword{print} statement, but to allow the implementation of
+\keyword{print} to keep track of its internal state.
\end{memberdesc}
\subsubsection{Internal Objects \label{typesinternal}}