From dec3b3f704284ba60b17612ee547c9dee85cc9cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2013 10:13:42 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify point in name mangling doc. --- Doc/reference/expressions.rst | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst index c866f8493d1..c0132bd4717 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/expressions.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/expressions.rst @@ -84,14 +84,13 @@ exception. definition begins with two or more underscore characters and does not end in two or more underscores, it is considered a :dfn:`private name` of that class. Private names are transformed to a longer form before code is generated for -them. The transformation inserts the class name in front of the name, with -leading underscores removed, and a single underscore inserted in front of the -class name. For example, the identifier ``__spam`` occurring in a class named -``Ham`` will be transformed to ``_Ham__spam``. This transformation is -independent of the syntactical context in which the identifier is used. If the -transformed name is extremely long (longer than 255 characters), implementation -defined truncation may happen. If the class name consists only of underscores, -no transformation is done. +them. The transformation inserts the class name, with leading underscores +removed and a single underscore inserted, in front of the name. For example, +the identifier ``__spam`` occurring in a class named ``Ham`` will be transformed +to ``_Ham__spam``. This transformation is independent of the syntactical +context in which the identifier is used. If the transformed name is extremely +long (longer than 255 characters), implementation defined truncation may happen. +If the class name consists only of underscores, no transformation is done. .. _atom-literals: