# HG changeset patch
# Parent c9d89d3f3ff17d547e541514ae91920cbabbfa7a

diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/c-api/module.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/module.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/c-api/module.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@
    .. index:: single: __dict__ (module attribute)
 
    Return the dictionary object that implements *module*'s namespace; this object
-   is the same as the :attr:`__dict__` attribute of the module object.  This
+   is the same as the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute of the module object.  This
    function never fails.  It is recommended extensions use other
    :c:func:`PyModule_\*` and :c:func:`PyObject_\*` functions rather than directly
-   manipulate a module's :attr:`__dict__`.
+   manipulate a module's :attr:`~object.__dict__`.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyModule_GetNameObject(PyObject *module)
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/c-api/typeobj.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@
    For statically allocated type objects, the tp_name field should contain a dot.
    Everything before the last dot is made accessible as the :attr:`__module__`
    attribute, and everything after the last dot is made accessible as the
-   :attr:`__name__` attribute.
+   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute.
 
    If no dot is present, the entire :c:member:`~PyTypeObject.tp_name` field is made accessible as the
-   :attr:`__name__` attribute, and the :attr:`__module__` attribute is undefined
+   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute, and the :attr:`__module__` attribute is undefined
    (unless explicitly set in the dictionary, as explained above).  This means your
    type will be impossible to pickle.
 
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/library/builtins.rst
--- a/Doc/library/builtins.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/builtins.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@
 
 As an implementation detail, most modules have the name ``__builtins__`` made
 available as part of their globals.  The value of ``__builtins__`` is normally
-either this module or the value of this module's :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
+either this module or the value of this module's :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
 Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used by alternate
 implementations of Python.
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/library/enum.rst
--- a/Doc/library/enum.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/enum.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
     the source, pickling will be disabled.
 
 The new pickle protocol 4 also, in some circumstances, relies on
-:attr:`__qualname__` being set to the location where pickle will be able
+:attr:`~definition.__qualname__` being set to the location where pickle will be able
 to find the class.  For example, if the class was made available in class
 SomeData in the global scope::
 
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/library/functions.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functions.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/functions.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
    :func:`dir` reports their attributes.
 
    If the object does not provide :meth:`__dir__`, the function tries its best to
-   gather information from the object's :attr:`__dict__` attribute, if defined, and
+   gather information from the object's :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute, if defined, and
    from its type object.  The resulting list is not necessarily complete, and may
    be inaccurate when the object has a custom :func:`__getattr__`.
 
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@
 
    With three arguments, return a new type object.  This is essentially a
    dynamic form of the :keyword:`class` statement. The *name* string is the
-   class name and becomes the :attr:`~class.__name__` attribute; the *bases*
+   class name and becomes the :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute; the *bases*
    tuple itemizes the base classes and becomes the :attr:`~class.__bases__`
    attribute; and the *dict* dictionary is the namespace containing definitions
    for class body and becomes the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.  For
@@ -1458,11 +1458,11 @@
 .. function:: vars([object])
 
    Return the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute for a module, class, instance,
-   or any other object with a :attr:`__dict__` attribute.
+   or any other object with a :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute.
 
-   Objects such as modules and instances have an updateable :attr:`__dict__`
+   Objects such as modules and instances have an updateable :attr:`~object.__dict__`
    attribute; however, other objects may have write restrictions on their
-   :attr:`__dict__` attributes (for example, classes use a
+   :attr:`~object.__dict__` attributes (for example, classes use a
    dictproxy to prevent direct dictionary updates).
 
    Without an argument, :func:`vars` acts like :func:`locals`.  Note, the
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/library/functools.rst
--- a/Doc/library/functools.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@
 
 :class:`partial` objects are like :class:`function` objects in that they are
 callable, weak referencable, and can have attributes.  There are some important
-differences.  For instance, the :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
+differences.  For instance, the :attr:`~definition.__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
 are not created automatically.  Also, :class:`partial` objects defined in
 classes behave like static methods and do not transform into bound methods
 during instance attribute look-up.
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/library/inspect.rst
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -342,8 +342,9 @@
    are true.
 
    This, for example, is true of ``int.__add__``.  An object passing this test
-   has a :attr:`__get__` attribute but not a :attr:`__set__` attribute, but
-   beyond that the set of attributes varies.  :attr:`__name__` is usually
+   has a :meth:`~object.__get__` method but not a :meth:`~object.__set__`
+   method, but beyond that the set of attributes varies.  A
+   :attr:`~definition.__name__` attribute is usually
    sensible, and :attr:`__doc__` often is.
 
    Methods implemented via descriptors that also pass one of the other tests
@@ -356,11 +357,11 @@
 
    Return true if the object is a data descriptor.
 
-   Data descriptors have both a :attr:`__get__` and a :attr:`__set__` attribute.
+   Data descriptors have both a :attr:`~object.__get__` and a :attr:`~object.__set__` method.
    Examples are properties (defined in Python), getsets, and members.  The
    latter two are defined in C and there are more specific tests available for
    those types, which is robust across Python implementations.  Typically, data
-   descriptors will also have :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
+   descriptors will also have :attr:`~definition.__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes
    (properties, getsets, and members have both of these attributes), but this is
    not guaranteed.
 
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/library/stdtypes.rst
--- a/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/library/stdtypes.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -4337,9 +4337,10 @@
 A special attribute of every module is :attr:`~object.__dict__`. This is the
 dictionary containing the module's symbol table. Modifying this dictionary will
 actually change the module's symbol table, but direct assignment to the
-:attr:`__dict__` attribute is not possible (you can write
+:attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute is not possible (you can write
 ``m.__dict__['a'] = 1``, which defines ``m.a`` to be ``1``, but you can't write
-``m.__dict__ = {}``).  Modifying :attr:`__dict__` directly is not recommended.
+``m.__dict__ = {}``).  Modifying :attr:`~object.__dict__` directly is
+not recommended.
 
 Modules built into the interpreter are written like this: ``<module 'sys'
 (built-in)>``.  If loaded from a file, they are written as ``<module 'os' from
@@ -4552,14 +4553,15 @@
    The tuple of base classes of a class object.
 
 
-.. attribute:: class.__name__
-
-   The name of the class or type.
-
-
-.. attribute:: class.__qualname__
-
-   The :term:`qualified name` of the class or type.
+.. attribute:: definition.__name__
+
+   The name of the class, function, method, or generator instance.
+
+
+.. attribute:: definition.__qualname__
+
+   The :term:`qualified name` of the class, function, method, or
+   generator instance.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@
       containing the same number of items as the function's formal parameter
       list.
 
+      .. index::
+         single: __doc__ (function attribute)
+         single: __name__ (function attribute)
+         single: __module__ (function attribute)
+         single: __dict__ (function attribute)
+         single: __defaults__ (function attribute)
+         single: __closure__ (function attribute)
+         single: __code__ (function attribute)
+         single: __globals__ (function attribute)
+         single: __annotations__ (function attribute)
+         single: __kwdefaults__ (function attribute)
+         pair: global; namespace
+
       Special attributes:
 
       .. tabularcolumns:: |l|L|l|
@@ -462,10 +475,11 @@
       |                         | unavailable; not inherited by |           |
       |                         | subclasses                    |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
-      | :attr:`__name__`        | The function's name           | Writable  |
+      | :attr:`~definition.\    | The function's name           | Writable  |
+      | __name__`               |                               |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
-      | :attr:`__qualname__`    | The function's                | Writable  |
-      |                         | :term:`qualified name`        |           |
+      | :attr:`~definition.\    | The function's                | Writable  |
+      | __qualname__`           | :term:`qualified name`        |           |
       |                         |                               |           |
       |                         | .. versionadded:: 3.3         |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
@@ -489,7 +503,7 @@
       |                         | module in which the function  |           |
       |                         | was defined.                  |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
-      | :attr:`__dict__`        | The namespace supporting      | Writable  |
+      | :attr:`~object.__dict__`| The namespace supporting      | Writable  |
       |                         | arbitrary function            |           |
       |                         | attributes.                   |           |
       +-------------------------+-------------------------------+-----------+
@@ -519,19 +533,6 @@
       Additional information about a function's definition can be retrieved from its
       code object; see the description of internal types below.
 
-      .. index::
-         single: __doc__ (function attribute)
-         single: __name__ (function attribute)
-         single: __module__ (function attribute)
-         single: __dict__ (function attribute)
-         single: __defaults__ (function attribute)
-         single: __closure__ (function attribute)
-         single: __code__ (function attribute)
-         single: __globals__ (function attribute)
-         single: __annotations__ (function attribute)
-         single: __kwdefaults__ (function attribute)
-         pair: global; namespace
-
    Instance methods
       .. index::
          object: method
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@
 
       Special read-only attributes: :attr:`__self__` is the class instance object,
       :attr:`__func__` is the function object; :attr:`__doc__` is the method's
-      documentation (same as ``__func__.__doc__``); :attr:`__name__` is the
+      documentation (same as ``__func__.__doc__``); :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the
       method name (same as ``__func__.__name__``); :attr:`__module__` is the
       name of the module the method was defined in, or ``None`` if unavailable.
 
@@ -637,7 +638,7 @@
       standard built-in module). The number and type of the arguments are
       determined by the C function. Special read-only attributes:
       :attr:`__doc__` is the function's documentation string, or ``None`` if
-      unavailable; :attr:`__name__` is the function's name; :attr:`__self__` is
+      unavailable; :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the function's name; :attr:`__self__` is
       set to ``None`` (but see the next item); :attr:`__module__` is the name of
       the module the function was defined in or ``None`` if unavailable.
 
@@ -687,7 +688,7 @@
 
    .. index:: single: __dict__ (module attribute)
 
-   Special read-only attribute: :attr:`__dict__` is the module's namespace as a
+   Special read-only attribute: :attr:`~object.__dict__` is the module's namespace as a
    dictionary object.
 
    .. impl-detail::
@@ -743,7 +744,7 @@
    method object, it is transformed into the object wrapped by the static method
    object. See section :ref:`descriptors` for another way in which attributes
    retrieved from a class may differ from those actually contained in its
-   :attr:`__dict__`.
+   :attr:`~object.__dict__`.
 
    .. index:: triple: class; attribute; assignment
 
@@ -761,8 +762,8 @@
       single: __bases__ (class attribute)
       single: __doc__ (class attribute)
 
-   Special attributes: :attr:`__name__` is the class name; :attr:`__module__` is
-   the module name in which the class was defined; :attr:`__dict__` is the
+   Special attributes: :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the class name; :attr:`__module__` is
+   the module name in which the class was defined; :attr:`~object.__dict__` is the
    dictionary containing the class's namespace; :attr:`~class.__bases__` is a
    tuple (possibly empty or a singleton) containing the base classes, in the
    order of their occurrence in the base class list; :attr:`__doc__` is the
@@ -785,7 +786,7 @@
    class method objects are also transformed; see above under "Classes".  See
    section :ref:`descriptors` for another way in which attributes of a class
    retrieved via its instances may differ from the objects actually stored in
-   the class's :attr:`__dict__`.  If no class attribute is found, and the
+   the class's :attr:`~object.__dict__`.  If no class attribute is found, and the
    object's class has a :meth:`__getattr__` method, that is called to satisfy
    the lookup.
 
@@ -1464,7 +1465,7 @@
 descriptor must be in either the owner's class dictionary or in the class
 dictionary for one of its parents).  In the examples below, "the attribute"
 refers to the attribute whose name is the key of the property in the owner
-class' :attr:`__dict__`.
+class' :attr:`~object.__dict__`.
 
 
 .. method:: object.__get__(self, instance, owner)
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -941,8 +941,8 @@
 .. rubric:: Footnotes
 
 .. [#] Except for one thing.  Module objects have a secret read-only attribute called
-   :attr:`__dict__` which returns the dictionary used to implement the module's
-   namespace; the name :attr:`__dict__` is an attribute but not a global name.
+   :attr:`~object.__dict__` which returns the dictionary used to implement the module's
+   namespace; the name :attr:`~object.__dict__` is an attribute but not a global name.
    Obviously, using this violates the abstraction of namespace implementation, and
    should be restricted to things like post-mortem debuggers.
 
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.1.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -442,8 +442,8 @@
    f.grammar = "A ::= B (C D)*"
 
 The dictionary containing attributes can be accessed as the function's
-:attr:`__dict__`. Unlike the :attr:`__dict__` attribute of class instances, in
-functions you can actually assign a new dictionary to :attr:`__dict__`, though
+:attr:`~object.__dict__`. Unlike the :attr:`~object.__dict__` attribute of class instances, in
+functions you can actually assign a new dictionary to :attr:`~object.__dict__`, though
 the new value is restricted to a regular Python dictionary; you *can't* be
 tricky and set it to a :class:`UserDict` instance, or any other random object
 that behaves like a mapping.
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.2.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 conventions, such as defining :attr:`__members__` and :attr:`__methods__`
 attributes that were lists of names, but often the author of an extension type
 or a class wouldn't bother to define them.  You could fall back on inspecting
-the :attr:`__dict__` of an object, but when class inheritance or an arbitrary
+the :attr:`~object.__dict__` of an object, but when class inheritance or an arbitrary
 :meth:`__getattr__` hook were in use this could still be inaccurate.
 
 The one big idea underlying the new class model is that an API for describing
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
 Attribute descriptors are objects that live inside class objects, and have a few
 attributes of their own:
 
-* :attr:`__name__` is the attribute's name.
+* :attr:`~definition.__name__` is the attribute's name.
 
 * :attr:`__doc__` is the attribute's docstring.
 
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@
 to trap attribute references.  Writing a :meth:`__getattr__` method is
 complicated because to avoid recursion you can't use regular attribute accesses
 inside them, and instead have to mess around with the contents of
-:attr:`__dict__`. :meth:`__getattr__` methods also end up being called by Python
+:attr:`~object.__dict__`. :meth:`__getattr__` methods also end up being called by Python
 when it checks for other methods such as :meth:`__repr__` or :meth:`__coerce__`,
 and so have to be written with this in mind. Finally, calling a function on
 every attribute access results in a sizable performance loss.
@@ -357,15 +357,15 @@
 That is certainly clearer and easier to write than a pair of
 :meth:`__getattr__`/:meth:`__setattr__` methods that check for the :attr:`size`
 attribute and handle it specially while retrieving all other attributes from the
-instance's :attr:`__dict__`.  Accesses to :attr:`size` are also the only ones
+instance's :attr:`~object.__dict__`.  Accesses to :attr:`size` are also the only ones
 which have to perform the work of calling a function, so references to other
 attributes run at their usual speed.
 
 Finally, it's possible to constrain the list of attributes that can be
-referenced on an object using the new :attr:`__slots__` class attribute. Python
+referenced on an object using the new :attr:`~object.__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 ``obj.new_attr=1``.   A new-style class
-can define a class attribute named :attr:`__slots__` to limit the legal
+can define a class attribute named :attr:`~object.__slots__` to limit the legal
 attributes  to a particular set of names.  An example will make this clear::
 
    >>> class C(object):
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@
    AttributeError: 'C' object has no attribute 'newattr'
 
 Note how you get an :exc:`AttributeError` on the attempt to assign to an
-attribute not listed in :attr:`__slots__`.
+attribute not listed in :attr:`~object.__slots__`.
 
 
 .. _sect-rellinks:
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -1111,10 +1111,10 @@
      <type '_socket.socket'>
 
 * One of the noted incompatibilities between old- and new-style classes has been
-  removed: you can now assign to the :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__bases__`
+  removed: you can now assign to the :attr:`~definition.__name__` and :attr:`~class.__bases__`
   attributes of new-style classes.  There are some restrictions on what can be
-  assigned to :attr:`__bases__` along the lines of those relating to assigning to
-  an instance's :attr:`__class__` attribute.
+  assigned to :attr:`~class.__bases__` along the lines of those relating to assigning to
+  an instance's :attr:`~instance.__class__` attribute.
 
 .. ======================================================================
 
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@
 
 * If you dynamically allocate type objects in your extension, you should be
   aware of a change in the rules relating to the :attr:`__module__` and
-  :attr:`__name__` attributes.  In summary, you will want to ensure the type's
+  :attr:`~definition.__name__` attributes.  In summary, you will want to ensure the type's
   dictionary contains a ``'__module__'`` key; making the module name the part of
   the type name leading up to the final period will no longer have the desired
   effect.  For more detail, read the API reference documentation or the  source.
diff -r c9d89d3f3ff1 Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst	Thu May 28 17:30:03 2015 -0500
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.0.rst	Fri May 29 04:11:38 2015 +0000
@@ -783,8 +783,8 @@
   :attr:`func_closure`, :attr:`func_code`, :attr:`func_defaults`,
   :attr:`func_dict`, :attr:`func_doc`, :attr:`func_globals`,
   :attr:`func_name` were renamed to :attr:`__closure__`,
-  :attr:`__code__`, :attr:`__defaults__`, :attr:`__dict__`,
-  :attr:`__doc__`, :attr:`__globals__`, :attr:`__name__`,
+  :attr:`__code__`, :attr:`__defaults__`, :attr:`~object.__dict__`,
+  :attr:`__doc__`, :attr:`__globals__`, :attr:`~definition.__name__`,
   respectively.
 
 * :meth:`__nonzero__` is now :meth:`__bool__`.