Updates to describe function attributes.

warsaw · warsaw · commit 7a5e80e80102 · 2001-02-27T03:36:30.000Z
diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref3.tex b/Doc/ref/ref3.tex
@@ -415,9 +415,12 @@ \section{The standard type hierarchy\label{types}}
 the compiled function body; \member{func_globals} is (a reference to)
 the dictionary that holds the function's global variables --- it
 defines the global namespace of the module in which the function was
-defined.
-Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults} and
-\member{func_doc} (and this \member{__doc__}) may be writable; the
+defined; \member{func_dict} or \member{__dict__} contains the
+namespace supporting arbitrary function attributes.
+
+Of these, \member{func_code}, \member{func_defaults},
+\member{func_doc}/\member{__doc__}, and
+\member{func_dict}/\member{__dict__} may be writable; the
 others can never be changed.
 Additional information about a function's definition can be
 retrieved from its code object; see the description of internal types
@@ -426,9 +429,11 @@ \section{The standard type hierarchy\label{types}}
   \ttindex{func_doc}
   \ttindex{__doc__}
   \ttindex{__name__}
+  \ttindex{__dict__}
   \ttindex{func_defaults}
   \ttindex{func_code}
-  \ttindex{func_globals}}
+  \ttindex{func_globals}
+  \ttindex{func_dict}}
 \indexii{global}{namespace}
 
 \item[User-defined methods]
@@ -449,6 +454,9 @@ \section{The standard type hierarchy\label{types}}
   \ttindex{im_func}
   \ttindex{im_self}}
 
+Methods also support accessing (but not setting) the arbitrary
+function attributes on the underlying function object.
+
 User-defined method objects are created in two ways: when getting an
 attribute of a class that is a user-defined function object, or when
 getting an attribute of a class instance that is a user-defined
