> On Mar 20, 2019, at 3:47 PM, Ivan Pozdeev via Python-Dev > <python-dev@python.org> wrote: > >> NormalDist.mu.__doc__ = 'Arithmetic mean' >> NormalDist.sigma.__doc__ = 'Standard deviation' > > IMO this is another manifestation of the problem that things in the class > definition have no access to the class object. > Logically speaking, a definition item should be able to see everything that > is defined before it.
The member objects get created downstream by the type() metaclass. So, there isn't a visibility issue because the objects don't exist yet. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
