From bfe25de42993fdbfccd4759f48ac6694e1ed32d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:53:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Explained the pattern for special methods compatibility.
---
docs/topics/python3.txt | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/topics/python3.txt b/docs/topics/python3.txt
index 33f5fcd4c0..22e609c75c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/python3.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/python3.txt
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ Division
def __idiv__(self, other): # Python 2 compatibility
return type(self).__itruediv__(self, other)
+Special methods are looked up on the class and not on the instance to reflect
+the behavior of the Python interpreter.
+
.. module: django.utils.six
Writing compatible code with six