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diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst index 207057c..af7c0ca 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst @@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ Assignment of an object to a single target is recursively defined as follows. .. _attr-target-note: Note: If the object is a class instance and the attribute reference occurs on - both sides of the assignment operator, the RHS expression, ``a.x`` can access + both sides of the assignment operator, the right-hand side expression, ``a.x`` can access either an instance attribute or (if no instance attribute exists) a class - attribute. The LHS target ``a.x`` is always set as an instance attribute, + attribute. The left-hand side target ``a.x`` is always set as an instance attribute, creating it if necessary. Thus, the two occurrences of ``a.x`` do not - necessarily refer to the same attribute: if the RHS expression refers to a - class attribute, the LHS creates a new instance attribute as the target of the + necessarily refer to the same attribute: if the right-hand side expression refers to a + class attribute, the left-hand side creates a new instance attribute as the target of the assignment:: class Cls: |