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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2004-05-06 12:44:29 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2004-05-06 12:44:29 (GMT)
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note that descriptor objects must be instances of new-style types
(closes SF bug #817742)
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@@ -1296,7 +1296,8 @@ containing the method (a so-called \emph{descriptor} class) appears in
the class dictionary of another new-style class, known as the
\emph{owner} class. In the examples below, ``the attribute'' refers to
the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the owner
-class' \code{__dict__}.
+class' \code{__dict__}. Descriptors can only be implemented as
+new-style classes themselves.
\begin{methoddesc}[object]{__get__}{self, instance, owner}
Called to get the attribute of the owner class (class attribute access)