From 1fd26525a4aa634227cd75ade711f2999e89d44a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hettinger Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:51:57 -0700 Subject: Issue #10771: Clarify that descriptors get used in an *owner* class or one of its parents. --- Doc/reference/datamodel.rst | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index b7137c9..7c2c9af 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -1539,11 +1539,11 @@ Implementing Descriptors ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The following methods only apply when an instance of the class containing the -method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in the class dictionary of -another new-style class (known as the *owner* class) or one of its -descendants. In the examples below, "the attribute" refers to the attribute -whose name is the key of the property in the owner class' ``__dict__``. -Descriptors can only be implemented as new-style classes themselves. +method (a so-called *descriptor* class) appears in an *owner* class (the +descriptor must be in either the owner's class dictionary or in the class +dictionary for one of its parents). In the examples below, "the attribute" +refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the owner +class' :attr:`__dict__`. .. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner) -- cgit v0.12