From 3fbd70018f835edd33250de2f79b7a7ef45f8359 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Trey Hunner <trey@treyhunner.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 19:30:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] bpo-30466: Add brief explanation of classes to tutorial
 (GH-1804)

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 Doc/tutorial/classes.rst | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 073444cf8b3..95141f94d6a 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 Classes
 *******
 
+Classes provide a means of bundling data and functionality together.  Creating
+a new class creates a new *type* of object, allowing new *instances* of that
+type to be made.  Each class instance can have attributes attached to it for
+maintaining its state.  Class instances can also have methods (defined by its
+class) for modifying its state.
+
 Compared with other programming languages, Python's class mechanism adds classes
 with a minimum of new syntax and semantics.  It is a mixture of the class
 mechanisms found in C++ and Modula-3.  Python classes provide all the standard