creating subcontexts that can be updated without altering values in any
of the parent mappings.
- .. method:: parents()
-
- Returns a new :class:`ChainMap` containing all of the maps in the current
- instance except the first one. This is useful for skipping the first map
- in the search. The use-cases are similar to those for the
- :keyword:`nonlocal` keyword used in :term:`nested scopes <nested scope>`.
- The use-cases also parallel those for the builtin :func:`super` function.
- A reference to ``d.parents`` is equivalent to: ``ChainMap(*d.maps[1:])``.
+ .. attribute:: parents
+
+ Proerty returning a new :class:`ChainMap` containing all of the maps in
+ the current instance except the first one. This is useful for skipping
+ the first map in the search. Use cases are similar to those for the
+ :keyword:`nonlocal` keyword used in :term:`nested scopes <nested
+ scope>`. The use cases also parallel those for the built-in
+ :func:`super` function. A reference to ``d.parents`` is equivalent to:
+ ``ChainMap(*d.maps[1:])``.
.. seealso::