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diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index bdc49c4..7ef4153 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -592,11 +592,8 @@ such a mechanism, called :dfn:`name mangling`. Any identifier of the form ``__spam`` (at least two leading underscores, at most one trailing underscore) is textually replaced with ``_classname__spam``, where ``classname`` is the current class name with leading underscore(s) stripped. This mangling is done -without regard to the syntactic position of the identifier, so it can be used to -define class-private instance and class variables, methods, variables stored in -globals, and even variables stored in instances. Truncation may occur when the -mangled name would be longer than 255 characters. Outside classes, or when the -class name consists of only underscores, no mangling occurs. +without regard to the syntactic position of the identifier, as long as it +occurs within the definition of a class. Note that the mangling rules are designed mostly to avoid accidents; it still is possible to access or modify a variable that is considered private. This can |