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Kirill Smelkov
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#29005: clarify terminology in tutorial 'method' discussion.
Patch by Jim Fasarakis-Hilliard.
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@@ -374,11 +374,11 @@ Surely Python raises an exception when a function that requires an argument is
called without any --- even if the argument isn't actually used...
Actually, you may have guessed the answer: the special thing about methods is
that the object is passed as the first argument of the function. In our
that the
instance
object is passed as the first argument of the function. In our
example, the call ``x.f()`` is exactly equivalent to ``MyClass.f(x)``. In
general, calling a method with a list of *n* arguments is equivalent to calling
the corresponding function with an argument list that is created by inserting
the method's object before the first argument.
the method's
instance
object before the first argument.
If you still don't understand how methods work, a look at the implementation can
perhaps clarify matters. When an instance attribute is referenced that isn't a
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@@ -906,4 +906,3 @@ Examples::
namespace; the name :attr:`~object.__dict__` is an attribute but not a global name.
Obviously, using this violates the abstraction of namespace implementation, and
should be restricted to things like post-mortem debuggers.
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