[issue12491] Update glossary documentation for the term 'attribute'

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[issue12491] Update glossary documentation for the term 'attribute'

R. David Murray added the comment: OK, I found the other issue and it looks like we agreed to use 'attributes and methods' where the reference was inclusive. I still think that it is less precise to think this way, but it is clearer exposition given the lack of a good term for non-method att

[issue12491] Update glossary documentation for the term 'attribute'

R. David Murray added the comment: As an experienced Python programmer, I think of 'attribute' as meaning any attribute (method or non-method) of an object or class. I sometimes do use it imprecisely (to my mind) to mean "non-method attribute", and it is usually clear from context what I mea

[issue12491] Update glossary documentation for the term 'attribute'

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: The current glossary entry is fine and encompasses was is ordinarily meant by attribute as distinct from a method. We sometimes use the term loosely to mean any value whether callable or not. And sometimes it is used loosely to mean anything that can be l

[issue12491] Update glossary documentation for the term 'attribute'

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[issue12491] Update glossary documentation for the term 'attribute'

New submission from Senthil Kumaran : Update the term 'attribute' in the glossary http://docs.python.org/dev/glossary.html#term-attribute so that the reader can understand that the term attribute in Python can mean both 'data-attribute' and a 'callable' method. -- assignee: docs@pytho