[Python-Dev] Issue10403 - using 'attributes' instead of members in documentation (original) (raw)
Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Mon Jun 27 03:32:32 CEST 2011
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 7:52 AM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
or the 'attribute' substitution everywhere makes sense? No. My strong history-based opinions ;-).
+1 to what Terry said.
"Members" is a historical relic that is best replaced by "attributes" or "data attributes" if we want to explicitly exclude methods for some reason. "Methods" is a subset of attributes that explicitly excludes data attributes.
Cheers, Nick.
-- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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