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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
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Expand Up @@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ the corresponding function with an argument list that is created by inserting
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
data attribute, its class is searched. If the name denotes a valid class
perhaps clarify matters. When a non-data attribute of an instance is
referenced, the instance's class is searched. If the name denotes a valid class
attribute that is a function object, a method object is created by packing
(pointers to) the instance object and the function object just found together in
an abstract object: this is the method object. When the method object is called
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