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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-03-21 19:20:21 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-03-21 19:20:21 (GMT)
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Add docs for __func__ and __self__ on methods.
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/inspect.rst8
-rw-r--r--Doc/reference/datamodel.rst4
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 92c3ef9..4ee68f6 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ attributes:
| | im_class | class object that asked | \(1) |
| | | for this method | |
+-----------+-----------------+---------------------------+-------+
-| | im_func | function object | |
-| | | containing implementation | |
+| | im_func or | function object | |
+| | __func__ | containing implementation | |
| | | of method | |
+-----------+-----------------+---------------------------+-------+
-| | im_self | instance to which this | |
-| | | method is bound, or | |
+| | im_self or | instance to which this | |
+| | __self__ | method is bound, or | |
| | | ``None`` | |
+-----------+-----------------+---------------------------+-------+
| function | __doc__ | documentation string | |
diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 8ae94af..cc71420 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -555,6 +555,10 @@ Callable types
.. versionchanged:: 2.2
:attr:`im_self` used to refer to the class that defined the method.
+ .. versionchanged:: 2.6
+ For 3.0 forward-compatibility, :attr:`im_func` is also available as
+ :attr:`__func__`, and :attr:`im_self` as :attr:`__self__`.
+
.. index::
single: __doc__ (method attribute)
single: __name__ (method attribute)