From: Georg Brandl Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:26:24 +0000 (+0000) Subject: #4411: document mro() and __mro__. (I hope I got it right.) X-Git-Tag: v2.7a1~1687 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=956ed9782ab887fa66b02876f315e922c17409d3;p=python #4411: document mro() and __mro__. (I hope I got it right.) --- diff --git a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst index 2e540394ea..03565b0b06 100644 --- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst @@ -2675,9 +2675,24 @@ types, where they are relevant. Some of these are not reported by the The name of the class or type. +The following attributes are only supported by :term:`new-style class`\ es. + +.. attribute:: class.__mro__ + + This attribute is a tuple of classes that are considered when looking for + base classes during method resolution. + + +.. method:: class.mro() + + This method can be overridden by a metaclass to customize the method + resolution order for its instances. It is called at class instantiation, and + its result is stored in :attr:`__mro__`. + + .. method:: class.__subclasses__ - :term:`New-style class`\ es keep a list of weak references to their immediate + Each new-style class keeps a list of weak references to its immediate subclasses. This method returns a list of all those references still alive. Example::