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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-04-14 08:13:42 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2013-04-14 08:13:42 (GMT) |
| commit | dec3b3f704284ba60b17612ee547c9dee85cc9cd (patch) | |
| tree | 4236e0923c16bfb8daecebe249f2f93f684c29d2 /Doc/reference | |
| parent | 6eea8184235cb83807dd96c32ee78eddc83a9dc9 (diff) | |
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Clarify point in name mangling doc.
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diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index c866f84..c0132bd 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -84,14 +84,13 @@ exception. definition begins with two or more underscore characters and does not end in two or more underscores, it is considered a :dfn:`private name` of that class. Private names are transformed to a longer form before code is generated for -them. The transformation inserts the class name in front of the name, with -leading underscores removed, and a single underscore inserted in front of the -class name. For example, the identifier ``__spam`` occurring in a class named -``Ham`` will be transformed to ``_Ham__spam``. This transformation is -independent of the syntactical context in which the identifier is used. If the -transformed name is extremely long (longer than 255 characters), implementation -defined truncation may happen. If the class name consists only of underscores, -no transformation is done. +them. The transformation inserts the class name, with leading underscores +removed and a single underscore inserted, in front of the name. For example, +the identifier ``__spam`` occurring in a class named ``Ham`` will be transformed +to ``_Ham__spam``. This transformation is independent of the syntactical +context in which the identifier is used. If the transformed name is extremely +long (longer than 255 characters), implementation defined truncation may happen. +If the class name consists only of underscores, no transformation is done. .. _atom-literals: |