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authorTrey Hunner <trey@treyhunner.com>2017-07-13 02:30:37 (GMT)
committerMariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com>2017-07-13 02:30:37 (GMT)
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bpo-30466: Add brief explanation of classes to tutorial (GH-1804)
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Classes
*******
+Classes provide a means of bundling data and functionality together. Creating
+a new class creates a new *type* of object, allowing new *instances* of that
+type to be made. Each class instance can have attributes attached to it for
+maintaining its state. Class instances can also have methods (defined by its
+class) for modifying its state.
+
Compared with other programming languages, Python's class mechanism adds classes
with a minimum of new syntax and semantics. It is a mixture of the class
mechanisms found in C++ and Modula-3. Python classes provide all the standard