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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libfunctional.tex b/Doc/lib/libfunctional.tex index fa8ef46..86b1483 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libfunctional.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libfunctional.tex @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ the \function{int} function where the \var{base} argument defaults to two: \begin{verbatim} >>> basetwo = partial(int, base=2) + >>> basetwo.__doc__('Convert base 2 string to an int.') >>> basetwo('10010') 18 \end{verbatim} @@ -71,3 +72,10 @@ positional arguments provided to a \class{partial} object call. The keyword arguments that will be supplied when the \class{partial} object is called. \end{memberdesc} + +\class{partial} objects are like \class{function} objects in that they are +callable, weak referencable, and can have attributes. There are some +important differences. For instance, the \member{__name__} and +\member{__doc__} attributes are not created automatically. Also, +\class{partial} objects defined in classes behave like static methods and +do not transform into bound methods during instance attribute look-up. |