I ended up opening an issue for it at https://bugs.python.org/issue40045. <http://bugs.python.org>
On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 8:33 PM Kyle Stanley <aeros...@gmail.com> wrote: > Chistopher Barker wrote: > > I'd suggest you make a PR on the docs. > > Yeah I was planning on either doing that, or opening it as a "newcomer > friendly"/"easy" issue on bugs.python.org. IMO, it could make for a > decent first PR. > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2020 at 1:28 PM Christopher Barker <python...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 8:52 PM Kyle Stanley <aeros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> > >>> https://docs.python.org/3/reference/lexical_analysis.html#reserved-classes-of-identifiers >>> >>> I remembered the existence of this rule and tried to locate it recently >>> (prior to this discussion), but was unable to because it doesn't explicitly >>> mention "dunder". IMO, it would make that section much easier to find if it >>> were to say either of: >>> >>> 1) System-defined names, also known as "dunder" names. >>> 2) System-defined names, informally known as "dunder" names. >>> 3) System-defined "dunder" names. >>> >> >> The word "dunder" was coined (relatively) recently. It was not in common >> use when those docs were written. Another common nickname is "magic >> methods". >> >> So that explains why the word "dunder" isn't in those docs. And those >> docs are pretty "formal" / "technical" anyway, not designed for the casual >> user to read. >> >> But yes, it would be good to add a bit of that text to make it more >> findable. >> >> I'd suggest you make a PR on the docs. >> >> -CHB >> >> >> Python Language Consulting >> - Teaching >> - Scientific Software Development >> - Desktop GUI and Web Development >> - wxPython, numpy, scipy, Cython >> >
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