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Docs: attributes need not be identifiers
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Mention getattr in definition of attribute
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Mention getattr in definition of attribute 
Co-authored-by: C.A.M. Gerlach <CAM.Gerlach@Gerlach.CAM>
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Expand Up @@ -144,7 +144,8 @@ Glossary
It is possible to give an object an attribute whose name is not an
identifier as defined by :ref:`identifiers`, for example using
:func:`setattr`, if the object allows it.
Such an attribute will not be accessible using a dotted expression.
Such an attribute will not be accessible using a dotted expression,
and would instead need to be retrieved with :func:`getattr`.

awaitable
An object that can be used in an :keyword:`await` expression. Can be
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