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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/ref/ref3.tex | 16 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index bd876cc..4aa218f 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -415,9 +415,12 @@ have a default value; \member{func_code} is the code object representing the compiled function body; \member{func_globals} is (a reference to) the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was -defined. -Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults} and -\member{func_doc} (and this \member{__doc__}) may be writable; the +defined; \member{func_dict} or \member{__dict__} contains the +namespace supporting arbitrary function attributes. + +Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults}, +\member{func_doc}/\member{__doc__}, and +\member{func_dict}/\member{__dict__} may be writable; the others can never be changed. Additional information about a function's definition can be retrieved from its code object; see the description of internal types @@ -426,9 +429,11 @@ below. \ttindex{func_doc} \ttindex{__doc__} \ttindex{__name__} + \ttindex{__dict__} \ttindex{func_defaults} \ttindex{func_code} - \ttindex{func_globals}} + \ttindex{func_globals} + \ttindex{func_dict}} \indexii{global}{namespace} \item[User-defined methods] @@ -449,6 +454,9 @@ base class of the class of which \member{im_self} is an instance); \ttindex{im_func} \ttindex{im_self}} +Methods also support accessing (but not setting) the arbitrary +function attributes on the underlying function object. + User-defined method objects are created in two ways: when getting an attribute of a class that is a user-defined function object, or when getting an attribute of a class instance that is a user-defined |