From 28137a09d69fd098b82b3386c92949ad60aebef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Andrew M. Kuchling" <amk@amk.ca>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 18:12:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Don't mention __slots__ as a technique for error avoidance

---
 Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex | 16 ++++++----------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex
index e32e2ab1ec4..67e0c81f634 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew22.tex
@@ -424,14 +424,9 @@ Finally, it's possible to constrain the list of attributes that can be
 referenced on an object using the new \member{__slots__} class attribute.
 Python objects are usually very dynamic; at any time it's possible to
 define a new attribute on an instance by just doing
-\code{obj.new_attr=1}.  This is flexible and convenient, but this
-flexibility can also lead to bugs, as when you meant to write
-\code{obj.template = 'a'} but made a typo and wrote
-\code{obj.templtae} by accident.  
-
-A new-style class can define a class attribute named \member{__slots__}
-to constrain the list of legal attribute names.  An example will make
-this clear:
+\code{obj.new_attr=1}.   A new-style class can define a class attribute named
+\member{__slots__} to limit the legal attributes 
+to a particular set of names.  An example will make this clear:
 
 \begin{verbatim}
 >>> class C(object):
@@ -443,16 +438,17 @@ None
 >>> obj.template = 'Test'
 >>> print obj.template
 Test
->>> obj.templtae = None
+>>> obj.newattr = None
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
-AttributeError: 'C' object has no attribute 'templtae'
+AttributeError: 'C' object has no attribute 'newattr'
 \end{verbatim}
 
 Note how you get an \exception{AttributeError} on the attempt to
 assign to an attribute not listed in \member{__slots__}.
 
 
+
 \subsection{Related Links}
 \label{sect-rellinks}