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bpo-33832: Add "magic method" glossary entry (GH-7630)
(cherry picked from commit f760610bddd7e8f8ac0914d5d59ef806bc16a73b)
Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index 9e6bf233bb..43abf50475 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -490,6 +490,11 @@ Glossary :meth:`load_module`. A loader is typically returned by a :term:`finder`. See :pep:`302` for details. + magic method + .. index:: pair: magic; method + + An informal synonym for :term:`special method`. + mapping A container object that supports arbitrary key lookups and implements the methods specified in the :class:`~collections.Mapping` or @@ -698,6 +703,8 @@ Glossary versions, :meth:`__getslice__` and :meth:`__setslice__`). special method + .. index:: pair: special; method + A method that is called implicitly by Python to execute a certain operation on a type, such as addition. Such methods have names starting and ending with double underscores. Special methods are documented in |