[issue38587] __set_name__ missing from descriptor howto documentation

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: Thanks for the note. I've already go this in my pending edits. -- assignee: docs@python -> rhettinger nosy: +rhettinger resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> Descriptors HowTo doesn't mention __set_nam

[issue38587] __set_name__ missing from descriptor howto documentation

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[issue38587] __set_name__ missing from descriptor howto documentation

New submission from Mike Driscoll : I noticed that __set_name__ is not mentioned in https://docs.python.org/3/howto/descriptor.html even though it was added in https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0487/ and mentioned here https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.6.html#pep-487-descriptor-protocol-