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authornevimov <nevimov@gmail.com>2016-04-28 00:23:34 +0700
committernevimov <nevimov@gmail.com>2016-04-28 01:08:26 +0700
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DOC: clarify purpose of Attributes section
According to the official Python documentation, term "class variables" denotes attributes shared by all instances of the class. The current version of the Numpy/Scipy documentation guide uses the term to mean non-method attributes. This commit replaces the confusing term with a more appropriate one.
-rw-r--r--doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt2
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diff --git a/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt b/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
index 721835013..9976da1e0 100644
--- a/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
+++ b/doc/HOWTO_DOCUMENT.rst.txt
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ here, the **Parameters** section of the docstring details the constructors
parameters.
An **Attributes** section, located below the **Parameters** section,
-may be used to describe class variables::
+may be used to describe non-method attributes of the class::
Attributes
----------