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Expand Up @@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ instance objects are attribute references. There are two kinds of valid
attribute names: data attributes and methods.

*Data attributes* correspond to "instance variables" in Smalltalk, and to "data
members" in C++. Data attributes need not be declared; like local variables,
members" in C++. Data attributes don't have to be declared like local variables,
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I don't find this wording better. I prefer the current one. Or, reword it as "Like local variables, data attributes do not need to be declared and spring into existence"

they spring into existence when they are first assigned to. For example, if
``x`` is the instance of :class:`!MyClass` created above, the following piece of
code will print the value ``16``, without leaving a trace::
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>>> sum(x*y for x,y in zip(xvec, yvec)) # dot product
260

>>> unique_words = set(word for line in page for word in line.split())
>>> unique_words = set(word for line in page for word in line.split())

>>> valedictorian = max((student.gpa, student.name) for student in graduates)

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