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diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index eb63834..1e54db7 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1564,13 +1564,13 @@ to remember the order that class members were defined:: >>> A.members ('__module__', 'one', 'two', 'three', 'four') -When the class definition for *A* get executed, the first step is calling the -metaclass's :meth:`__prepare__` method which returns an empty +When the class definition for *A* gets executed, the process begins with +calling the metaclass's :meth:`__prepare__` method which returns an empty :class:`collections.OrderedDict`. That mapping records the methods and attributes of *A* as they are defined within the body of the class statement. -Once those definitions are executed, the ordered dict is fully populated, and -then the metaclass's :meth:`__new__ ` method gets invoked. That method builds -the new type and saves the keys for the ordered dictionary in an attribute +Once those definitions are executed, the ordered dictionary is fully populated +and the metaclass's :meth:`__new__ ` method gets invoked. That method builds +the new type and it saves the ordered dictionary keys in an attribute called *members*. |