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author | Terry Jan Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> | 2024-01-16 16:33:05 (GMT) |
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committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-01-16 16:33:05 (GMT) |
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gh-114069: Revise Tutorial Methods paragraph (#114127)
Remove excess words in the first and third sentences.
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index 3bf138c..d1c303e 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -386,12 +386,11 @@ general, calling a method with a list of *n* arguments is equivalent to calling 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 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 +In general, methods work as follows. 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, +references to both the instance object and the function object +are packed into a method object. When the method object is called with an argument list, a new argument list is constructed from the instance object and the argument list, and the function object is called with this new argument list. |