Improve a couple of references to the language reference, making them

hyperlinks to relevant sections.

Clarify the conditions under which the "softspace" attribute of file-like
objects can "just work" (with relation to overriding of attribute access
in user-defined classes).
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Fred Drake 2000-09-09 03:30:34 +00:00
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@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ The following values are considered false:
\item instances of user-defined classes, if the class defines a
\method{__nonzero__()} or \method{__len__()} method, when that
method returns zero.\footnote{Additional information on these
special methods may be found in the \emph{Python Reference Manual}.}
special methods may be found in the \citetitle[../ref/ref.html]{Python
Reference Manual}.}
\end{itemize}
@ -142,9 +143,9 @@ consistently.
Instances of a class normally compare as non-equal unless the class
\withsubitem{(instance method)}{\ttindex{__cmp__()}}
defines the \method{__cmp__()} method. Refer to the \emph{Python
Reference Manual} for information on the use of this method to effect
object comparisons.
defines the \method{__cmp__()} method. Refer to the
\citetitle[../ref/customization.html]{Python Reference Manual} for
information on the use of this method to effect object comparisons.
\strong{Implementation note:} Objects of different types except
numbers are ordered by their type names; objects of the same types
@ -1105,9 +1106,10 @@ Boolean that indicates whether a space character needs to be printed
before another value when using the \keyword{print} statement.
Classes that are trying to simulate a file object should also have a
writable \member{softspace} attribute, which should be initialized to
zero. This will be automatic for classes implemented in Python; types
implemented in C will have to provide a writable \member{softspace}
attribute.
zero. This will be automatic for most classes implemented in Python
(care may be needed for objects that override attribute access); types
implemented in C will have to provide a writable
\member{softspace} attribute.
\end{memberdesc}
\subsubsection{Internal Objects \label{typesinternal}}