From 2691e316e71157809092d9a22a03de9d0fbe77c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aaron Ang Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2018 07:21:32 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] bpo-28677: Improve phrasing of when instance attribute is referenced (GH-6208) (cherry picked from commit c0f0a7669c73c0d444851dd4c5299de2479214cc) Co-authored-by: Aaron Ang --- Doc/tutorial/classes.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst index 7f45c7632d5a92..1058b77dd59e4b 100644 --- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst +++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst @@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ the corresponding function with an argument list that is created by inserting the method's 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