[Python-Dev] Issue10403 - using 'attributes' instead of members in documentation (original) (raw)

Ben Finney ben+python at benfinney.id.au
Tue Jun 28 07:05:03 CEST 2011


Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently at gmail.com> writes:

On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 8:11 PM, Ben Finney <ben+python at benfinney.id.au> wrote: > "callable attributes" describes exactly what they are, in terms that > will remain useful to the person learning Python.

The usage of the object determines what we call it then

No, the capability of the attribute is what determines that difference, not how it's used.

I still don't have a good term for “non-callable attribute”, though.

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