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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex index 778b54f..b6a2df3 100644 --- a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex +++ b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex @@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ function). Special read-only attributes: \member{im_self} is the class instance object, \member{im_func} is the function object; -\member{im_class} is the class that defined the method (which may be a -base class of the class of which \member{im_self} is an instance); +\member{im_class} is the class of \member{im_self} for bound methods, +or the class that asked for the method for unbound methods); \member{__doc__} is the method's documentation (same as \code{im_func.__doc__}); \member{__name__} is the method name (same as \code{im_func.__name__}). @@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ case (class attribute), the \member{im_self} attribute is \code{None}, and the method object is said to be unbound; in the latter case (instance attribute), \method{im_self} is the instance, and the method object is said to be bound. For -instance, when \class{C} is a class which contains a definition for a -function \method{f()}, \code{C.f} does not yield the function object +instance, when \class{C} is a class which has a method +\method{f()}, \code{C.f} does not yield the function object \code{f}; rather, it yields an unbound method object \code{m} where \code{m.im_class} is \class{C}, \code{m.im_func} is \method{f()}, and \code{m.im_self} is \code{None}. When \code{x} is a \class{C} @@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ base class list. When a class attribute reference would yield a user-defined function object, it is transformed into an unbound user-defined method object (see above). The \member{im_class} attribute of this method object is the -class in which the function object was found, not necessarily the class for which the attribute reference was initiated. \obindex{class} \obindex{class instance} @@ -639,7 +638,7 @@ the search continues with the class attributes. If a class attribute is found that is a user-defined function object (and in no other case), it is transformed into an unbound user-defined method object (see above). The \member{im_class} attribute of this method object is -the class in which the function object was found, not necessarily the +the class of the instance for which the attribute reference was initiated. If no class attribute is found, and the object's class has a \method{__getattr__()} method, that is called to satisfy the lookup. |