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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-10-21 10:45:46 (GMT)
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2007-10-21 10:45:46 (GMT)
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Add :term:s for descriptors.
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@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ Note that this list does not place any restrictions on the values of the
attributes, when the values are computed, or how relevant data is stored.
When :cfunc:`PyType_Ready` is called, it uses three tables referenced by the
-type object to create *descriptors* which are placed in the dictionary of the
+type object to create :term:`descriptor`\s which are placed in the dictionary of the
type object. Each descriptor controls access to one attribute of the instance
object. Each of the tables is optional; if all three are *NULL*, instances of
the type will only have attributes that are inherited from their base type, and
@@ -1193,7 +1193,7 @@ be read-only or read-write. The structures in the table are defined as::
char *doc;
} PyMemberDef;
-For each entry in the table, a descriptor will be constructed and added to the
+For each entry in the table, a :term:`descriptor` will be constructed and added to the
type which will be able to extract a value from the instance structure. The
:attr:`type` field should contain one of the type codes defined in the
:file:`structmember.h` header; the value will be used to determine how to