New submission from diana:
The property docs are a bit funky.
https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#property
1) docstrings have zero to do with making a read-only property. It currently
says:
"If given, doc will be the docstring of the property attribute. Otherwise, the
property will copy fget‘s docstring (if it exists). This makes it possible to
create read-only properties easily using property() as a decorator:"
2) The 'then' in this sentence is awkward (and incorrect English).
"If then c is an instance of C, c.x will invoke the getter, c.x = value will
invoke the setter and del c.x the deleter."
3) This sentence is missing a beginning.
"turns the voltage() method into a “getter” for a read-only attribute with the
same name."
4) This sentence has an extra comma (after del'ing):
"fget is a function for getting an attribute value, likewise fset is a function
for setting, and fdel a function for del’ing, an attribute."
Attached is a patch with minimal changes to the property docs, addressing the
above four issues. Okay, that's not entirely true -- I did add an example usage
because the current docs don't actually show using a property attribute.
>>> p = Parrot()
>>> p.voltage
100000
I've also attached an "after" screenshot of the docs in case it helps with
review.
Cheers,
--diana
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assignee: docs@python
components: Documentation
files: property_docs.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 225086
nosy: diana, docs@python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: property doc fixes
versions: Python 3.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file36318/property_docs.patch
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