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cm.parents is property, not a method

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Raymond Hettinger 2012-07-15 22:37:20 -07:00
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@ -84,14 +84,15 @@ The class can be used to simulate nested scopes and is useful in templating.
creating subcontexts that can be updated without altering values in any
of the parent mappings.
.. method:: parents()
.. attribute:: parents
Returns a new :class:`ChainMap` containing all of the maps in the current
instance except the first one. This is useful for skipping the first map
in the search. The use-cases are similar to those for the
:keyword:`nonlocal` keyword used in :term:`nested scopes <nested scope>`.
The use-cases also parallel those for the builtin :func:`super` function.
A reference to ``d.parents`` is equivalent to: ``ChainMap(*d.maps[1:])``.
Proerty returning a new :class:`ChainMap` containing all of the maps in
the current instance except the first one. This is useful for skipping
the first map in the search. Use cases are similar to those for the
:keyword:`nonlocal` keyword used in :term:`nested scopes <nested
scope>`. The use cases also parallel those for the built-in
:func:`super` function. A reference to ``d.parents`` is equivalent to:
``ChainMap(*d.maps[1:])``.
.. seealso::