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| author | Trey Hunner <trey@treyhunner.com> | 2017-07-13 02:30:37 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com> | 2017-07-13 02:30:37 (GMT) |
| commit | 3fbd70018f835edd33250de2f79b7a7ef45f8359 (patch) | |
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bpo-30466: Add brief explanation of classes to tutorial (GH-1804)
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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index 073444c..95141f9 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Classes ******* +Classes provide a means of bundling data and functionality together. Creating +a new class creates a new *type* of object, allowing new *instances* of that +type to be made. Each class instance can have attributes attached to it for +maintaining its state. Class instances can also have methods (defined by its +class) for modifying its state. + Compared with other programming languages, Python's class mechanism adds classes with a minimum of new syntax and semantics. It is a mixture of the class mechanisms found in C++ and Modula-3. Python classes provide all the standard |