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authorBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2013-10-18 16:57:55 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>2013-10-18 16:57:55 (GMT)
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fix description of super() behavior on descriptors
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@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ The important points to remember are:
The object returned by ``super()`` also has a custom :meth:`__getattribute__`
method for invoking descriptors. The call ``super(B, obj).m()`` searches
``obj.__class__.__mro__`` for the base class ``A`` immediately following ``B``
-and then returns ``A.__dict__['m'].__get__(obj, A)``. If not a descriptor,
+and then returns ``A.__dict__['m'].__get__(obj, B)``. If not a descriptor,
``m`` is returned unchanged. If not in the dictionary, ``m`` reverts to a
search using :meth:`object.__getattribute__`.