issue10403 - Let's not use members anymore. Use 'attribute' where it denotes...

issue10403 - Let's not use members anymore. Use 'attribute' where it denotes attribute and 'methods' where it denotes methods. Context should clarify usage.

Doc/library/cmd.rst

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ A :class:`Cmd` instance has the following methods:
    the line as argument.
 
    The optional argument is a banner or intro string to be issued before the first
-   prompt (this overrides the :attr:`intro` class member).
+   prompt (this overrides the :attr:`intro` class attribute).
 
    If the :mod:`readline` module is loaded, input will automatically inherit
    :program:`bash`\ -like history-list editing (e.g. :kbd:`Control-P` scrolls back

Doc/library/curses.rst

@@ -1639,7 +1639,7 @@ You can instantiate a :class:`Textbox` object as follows:
       each keystroke entered with the keystroke as a parameter; command dispatch
       is done on the result. This method returns the window contents as a
       string; whether blanks in the window are included is affected by the
-      :attr:`stripspaces` member.
+      :attr:`stripspaces` attribute.
 
 
    .. method:: do_command(ch)
@@ -1711,7 +1711,7 @@ You can instantiate a :class:`Textbox` object as follows:
 
    .. attribute:: stripspaces
 
-      This data member is a flag which controls the interpretation of blanks in
+      This attribute is a flag which controls the interpretation of blanks in
       the window.  When it is on, trailing blanks on each line are ignored; any
       cursor motion that would land the cursor on a trailing blank goes to the
       end of that line instead, and trailing blanks are stripped when the window

Doc/library/decimal.rst

@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ Decimal objects
 
       Normalize the number by stripping the rightmost trailing zeros and
       converting any result equal to :const:`Decimal('0')` to
-      :const:`Decimal('0e0')`. Used for producing canonical values for members
+      :const:`Decimal('0e0')`. Used for producing canonical values for attributes
       of an equivalence class. For example, ``Decimal('32.100')`` and
       ``Decimal('0.321000e+2')`` both normalize to the equivalent value
       ``Decimal('32.1')``.

Doc/library/doctest.rst

@@ -1127,11 +1127,10 @@ DocTest Objects
 .. class:: DocTest(examples, globs, name, filename, lineno, docstring)
 
    A collection of doctest examples that should be run in a single namespace.  The
-   constructor arguments are used to initialize the member variables of the same
-   names.
+   constructor arguments are used to initialize the attributes of the same names.
 
 
-   :class:`DocTest` defines the following member variables.  They are initialized by
+   :class:`DocTest` defines the following attributes.  They are initialized by
    the constructor, and should not be modified directly.
 
 
@@ -1184,11 +1183,11 @@ Example Objects
 .. class:: Example(source, want, exc_msg=None, lineno=0, indent=0, options=None)
 
    A single interactive example, consisting of a Python statement and its expected
-   output.  The constructor arguments are used to initialize the member variables
-   of the same names.
+   output.  The constructor arguments are used to initialize the attributes of
+   the same names.
 
 
-   :class:`Example` defines the following member variables.  They are initialized by
+   :class:`Example` defines the following attributes.  They are initialized by
    the constructor, and should not be modified directly.
 
 
@@ -1675,9 +1674,9 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances:
 
    An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest example's
    actual output did not match its expected output. The constructor arguments are
-   used to initialize the member variables of the same names.
+   used to initialize the attributes of the same names.
 
-:exc:`DocTestFailure` defines the following member variables:
+:exc:`DocTestFailure` defines the following attributes:
 
 
 .. attribute:: DocTestFailure.test
@@ -1699,9 +1698,9 @@ There are two exceptions that may be raised by :class:`DebugRunner` instances:
 
    An exception raised by :class:`DocTestRunner` to signal that a doctest
    example raised an unexpected exception.  The constructor arguments are used
-   to initialize the member variables of the same names.
+   to initialize the attributes of the same names.
 
-:exc:`UnexpectedException` defines the following member variables:
+:exc:`UnexpectedException` defines the following attributes:
 
 
 .. attribute:: UnexpectedException.test

Doc/library/gzip.rst

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ The module defines the following items:
    time is used.  This module ignores the timestamp when decompressing;
    however, some programs, such as :program:`gunzip`\ , make use of it.
    The format of the timestamp is the same as that of the return value of
-   ``time.time()`` and of the ``st_mtime`` member of the object returned
+   ``time.time()`` and of the ``st_mtime`` attribute of the object returned
    by ``os.stat()``.
 
    Calling a :class:`GzipFile` object's :meth:`close` method does not close

Doc/library/html.entities.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 This module defines three dictionaries, ``name2codepoint``, ``codepoint2name``,
 and ``entitydefs``. ``entitydefs`` is used to provide the :attr:`entitydefs`
-member of the :class:`html.parser.HTMLParser` class.  The definition provided
+attribute of the :class:`html.parser.HTMLParser` class.  The definition provided
 here contains all the entities defined by XHTML 1.0 that can be handled using
 simple textual substitution in the Latin-1 character set (ISO-8859-1).
 

Doc/library/http.cookies.rst

@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Morsel Objects
 
 .. method:: Morsel.set(key, value, coded_value)
 
-   Set the *key*, *value* and *coded_value* members.
+   Set the *key*, *value* and *coded_value* attributes.
 
 
 .. method:: Morsel.isReservedKey(K)

Doc/library/io.rst

@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ I/O Base Classes
    :class:`RawIOBase` implementation, but wrap one, like
    :class:`BufferedWriter` and :class:`BufferedReader` do.
 
-   :class:`BufferedIOBase` provides or overrides these members in addition to
-   those from :class:`IOBase`:
+   :class:`BufferedIOBase` provides or overrides these methods and attribute in
+   addition to those from :class:`IOBase`:
 
    .. attribute:: raw
 

Doc/library/nntplib.rst

@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ tuples or objects that the method normally returns will be empty.
 
    Send an ``ARTICLE`` command, where *message_spec* has the same meaning as
    for :meth:`stat`.  Return a tuple ``(response, info)`` where *info*
-   is a :class:`~collections.namedtuple` with three members *number*,
+   is a :class:`~collections.namedtuple` with three attributes *number*,
    *message_id* and *lines* (in that order).  *number* is the article number
    in the group (or 0 if the information is not available), *message_id* the
    message id as a string, and *lines* a list of lines (without terminating

Doc/library/os.rst

@@ -1339,11 +1339,12 @@ Files and Directories
 
    .. note::
 
-      The exact meaning and resolution of the :attr:`st_atime`, :attr:`st_mtime`, and
-      :attr:`st_ctime` members depends on the operating system and the file system.
-      For example, on Windows systems using the FAT or FAT32 file systems,
-      :attr:`st_mtime` has 2-second resolution, and :attr:`st_atime` has only 1-day
-      resolution.  See your operating system documentation for details.
+      The exact meaning and resolution of the :attr:`st_atime`, 
+      :attr:`st_mtime`, and :attr:`st_ctime` attributes depend on the operating
+      system and the file system. For example, on Windows systems using the FAT
+      or FAT32 file systems, :attr:`st_mtime` has 2-second resolution, and
+      :attr:`st_atime` has only 1-day resolution.  See your operating system
+      documentation for details.
 
    For backward compatibility, the return value of :func:`~os.stat` is also accessible
    as a tuple of at least 10 integers giving the most important (and portable)

Doc/library/pyclbr.rst

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ Class Objects
 
 The :class:`Class` objects used as values in the dictionary returned by
 :func:`readmodule` and :func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data
-members:
+attributes:
 
 
 .. attribute:: Class.module
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Function Objects
 ----------------
 
 The :class:`Function` objects used as values in the dictionary returned by
-:func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following data members:
+:func:`readmodule_ex` provide the following attributes:
 
 
 .. attribute:: Function.module

Doc/library/reprlib.rst

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ string instead.
 Repr Objects
 ------------
 
-:class:`Repr` instances provide several members which can be used to provide
+:class:`Repr` instances provide several attributes which can be used to provide
 size limits for the representations of different object types,  and methods
 which format specific object types.
 

Doc/library/shlex.rst

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following functions:
 
    Split the string *s* using shell-like syntax. If *comments* is :const:`False`
    (the default), the parsing of comments in the given string will be disabled
-   (setting the :attr:`commenters` member of the :class:`shlex` instance to the
-   empty string).  This function operates in POSIX mode by default, but uses
+   (setting the :attr:`commenters` attribute of the :class:`shlex` instance to
+   the empty string).  This function operates in POSIX mode by default, but uses
    non-POSIX mode if the *posix* argument is false.
 
    .. note::
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ The :mod:`shlex` module defines the following class:
    from. It must be a file-/stream-like object with :meth:`read` and
    :meth:`readline` methods, or a string.  If no argument is given, input will
    be taken from ``sys.stdin``.  The second optional argument is a filename
-   string, which sets the initial value of the :attr:`infile` member.  If the
+   string, which sets the initial value of the :attr:`infile` attribute.  If the
    *instream* argument is omitted or equal to ``sys.stdin``, this second
    argument defaults to "stdin".  The *posix* argument defines the operational
    mode: when *posix* is not true (default), the :class:`shlex` instance will
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ either control lexical analysis or can be used for debugging:
 
 .. attribute:: shlex.source
 
-   This member is ``None`` by default.  If you assign a string to it, that string
-   will be recognized as a lexical-level inclusion request similar to the
+   This attribute is ``None`` by default.  If you assign a string to it, that
+   string will be recognized as a lexical-level inclusion request similar to the
    ``source`` keyword in various shells.  That is, the immediately following token
    will opened as a filename and input taken from that stream until EOF, at which
    point the :meth:`close` method of that stream will be called and the input
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ either control lexical analysis or can be used for debugging:
 
 .. attribute:: shlex.debug
 
-   If this member is numeric and ``1`` or more, a :class:`shlex` instance will
+   If this attribute is numeric and ``1`` or more, a :class:`shlex` instance will
    print verbose progress output on its behavior.  If you need to use this, you can
    read the module source code to learn the details.
 

Doc/library/socketserver.rst

@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ a threading UDP server class is created as follows::
    class ThreadingUDPServer(ThreadingMixIn, UDPServer): pass
 
 The mix-in class must come first, since it overrides a method defined in
-:class:`UDPServer`.  Setting the various member variables also changes the
+:class:`UDPServer`.  Setting the various attributes also change the
 behavior of the underlying server mechanism.
 
 To implement a service, you must derive a class from :class:`BaseRequestHandler`

Doc/library/stdtypes.rst

@@ -2567,7 +2567,7 @@ statement is not, strictly speaking, an operation on a module object; ``import
 foo`` does not require a module object named *foo* to exist, rather it requires
 an (external) *definition* for a module named *foo* somewhere.)
 
-A special member of every module is :attr:`__dict__`. This is the dictionary
+A special attribute of every module is :attr:`__dict__`. This is the dictionary
 containing the module's symbol table. Modifying this dictionary will actually
 change the module's symbol table, but direct assignment to the :attr:`__dict__`
 attribute is not possible (you can write ``m.__dict__['a'] = 1``, which defines

Doc/library/subprocess.rst

@@ -497,38 +497,39 @@ on Windows.
 
    .. attribute:: dwFlags
 
-      A bit field that determines whether certain :class:`STARTUPINFO` members
-      are used when the process creates a window. ::
+      A bit field that determines whether certain :class:`STARTUPINFO`
+      attributes are used when the process creates a window. ::
 
          si = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
          si.dwFlags = subprocess.STARTF_USESTDHANDLES | subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
 
    .. attribute:: hStdInput
 
-      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`, this member is
-      the standard input handle for the process. If :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`
-      is not specified, the default for standard input is the keyboard buffer.
+      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`, this attribute
+      is the standard input handle for the process. If
+      :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES` is not specified, the default for standard
+      input is the keyboard buffer.
 
    .. attribute:: hStdOutput
 
-      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`, this member is
-      the standard output handle for the process. Otherwise, this member is
-      ignored and the default for standard output is the console window's
+      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`, this attribute
+      is the standard output handle for the process. Otherwise, this attribute
+      is ignored and the default for standard output is the console window's
       buffer.
 
    .. attribute:: hStdError
 
-      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`, this member is
-      the standard error handle for the process. Otherwise, this member is
+      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESTDHANDLES`, this attribute
+      is the standard error handle for the process. Otherwise, this attribute is
       ignored and the default for standard error is the console window's buffer.
 
    .. attribute:: wShowWindow
 
-      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW`, this member
+      If :attr:`dwFlags` specifies :data:`STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW`, this attribute
       can be any of the values that can be specified in the ``nCmdShow``
       parameter for the
       `ShowWindow <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633548(v=vs.85).aspx>`__
-      function, except for ``SW_SHOWDEFAULT``. Otherwise, this member is
+      function, except for ``SW_SHOWDEFAULT``. Otherwise, this attribute is
       ignored.
 
       :data:`SW_HIDE` is provided for this attribute. It is used when
@@ -562,12 +563,12 @@ The :mod:`subprocess` module exposes the following constants.
 .. data:: STARTF_USESTDHANDLES
 
    Specifies that the :attr:`STARTUPINFO.hStdInput`,
-   :attr:`STARTUPINFO.hStdOutput`, and :attr:`STARTUPINFO.hStdError` members
+   :attr:`STARTUPINFO.hStdOutput`, and :attr:`STARTUPINFO.hStdError` attributes
    contain additional information.
 
 .. data:: STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
 
-   Specifies that the :attr:`STARTUPINFO.wShowWindow` member contains
+   Specifies that the :attr:`STARTUPINFO.wShowWindow` attribute contains
    additional information.
 
 .. data:: CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE

Doc/library/tempfile.rst

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
    This function operates exactly as :func:`TemporaryFile` does, except that
    the file is guaranteed to have a visible name in the file system (on
    Unix, the directory entry is not unlinked).  That name can be retrieved
-   from the :attr:`name` member of the file object.  Whether the name can be
+   from the :attr:`name` attribute of the file object.  Whether the name can be
    used to open the file a second time, while the named temporary file is
    still open, varies across platforms (it can be so used on Unix; it cannot
    on Windows NT or later).  If *delete* is true (the default), the file is
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ The module defines the following user-callable items:
    of the temporary directory object), the newly created temporary directory
    and all its contents are removed from the filesystem.
 
-   The directory name can be retrieved from the :attr:`name` member
+   The directory name can be retrieved from the :attr:`name` attribute
    of the returned object.
 
    The directory can be explicitly cleaned up by calling the

Doc/library/urllib.request.rst

@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ The :mod:`urllib.request` module defines the following functions:
    can be imported), :class:`HTTPSHandler` will also be added.
 
    A :class:`BaseHandler` subclass may also change its :attr:`handler_order`
-   member variable to modify its position in the handlers list.
+   attribute to modify its position in the handlers list.
 
 
 .. function:: pathname2url(path)
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ intended for direct use:
 
    Remove any parents.
 
-The following members and methods should only be used by classes derived from
+The following attribute and methods should only be used by classes derived from
 :class:`BaseHandler`.
 
 .. note::

Doc/library/xdrlib.rst

@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ Exceptions in this module are coded as class instances:
 
 .. exception:: Error
 
-   The base exception class.  :exc:`Error` has a single public data member
+   The base exception class.  :exc:`Error` has a single public attribute
    :attr:`msg` containing the description of the error.
 
 

Doc/library/xmlrpc.client.rst

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ returning a value, which may be either returned data in a conformant type or a
 :class:`Fault` or :class:`ProtocolError` object indicating an error.
 
 Servers that support the XML introspection API support some common methods
-grouped under the reserved :attr:`system` member:
+grouped under the reserved :attr:`system` attribute:
 
 
 .. method:: ServerProxy.system.listMethods()
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ Fault Objects
 -------------
 
 A :class:`Fault` object encapsulates the content of an XML-RPC fault tag. Fault
-objects have the following members:
+objects have the following attributes:
 
 
 .. attribute:: Fault.faultCode
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ ProtocolError Objects
 
 A :class:`ProtocolError` object describes a protocol error in the underlying
 transport layer (such as a 404 'not found' error if the server named by the URI
-does not exist).  It has the following members:
+does not exist).  It has the following attributes:
 
 
 .. attribute:: ProtocolError.url

Doc/whatsnew/2.5.rst

@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ complete list of changes, or look through the SVN logs for all the details.
 
   On FreeBSD, the :func:`os.stat` function now returns  times with nanosecond
   resolution, and the returned object now has :attr:`st_gen` and
-  :attr:`st_birthtime`. The :attr:`st_flags` member is also available, if the
+  :attr:`st_birthtime`. The :attr:`st_flags` attribute is also available, if the
   platform supports it. (Contributed by Antti Louko and  Diego Pettenò.)
 
   .. (Patch 1180695, 1212117)