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#4517: add "special method" glossary entry and clarify when __getattribute__ is bypassed.

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Georg Brandl 2008-12-05 15:29:39 +00:00
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(subscript) notation uses :class:`slice` objects internally (or in older
versions, :meth:`__getslice__` and :meth:`__setslice__`).
special method
A method that is called implicitly by Python to execute a certain
operation on a type, such as addition. Such methods have names starting
and ending with double underscores. Special methods are documented in
:ref:`specialnames`.
statement
A statement is part of a suite (a "block" of code). A statement is either
an :term:`expression` or a one of several constructs with a keyword, such

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@ -2370,7 +2370,7 @@ the instance when looking up special methods::
True
In addition to bypassing any instance attributes in the interest of
correctness, implicit special method lookup may also bypass the
correctness, implicit special method lookup generally also bypasses the
:meth:`__getattribute__` method even of the object's metaclass::
>>> class Meta(type):