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authorAaron Ang <aaronang@users.noreply.github.com>2018-07-25 14:21:32 (GMT)
committerTal Einat <taleinat+github@gmail.com>2018-07-25 14:21:32 (GMT)
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bpo-28677: Improve phrasing of when instance attribute is referenced (GH-6208)
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@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ the corresponding function with an argument list that is created by inserting
the method's instance object before the first argument.
If you still don't understand how methods work, a look at the implementation can
-perhaps clarify matters. When an instance attribute is referenced that isn't a
-data attribute, its class is searched. If the name denotes a valid class
+perhaps clarify matters. When a non-data attribute of an instance is
+referenced, the instance's class is searched. If the name denotes a valid class
attribute that is a function object, a method object is created by packing
(pointers to) the instance object and the function object just found together in
an abstract object: this is the method object. When the method object is called