Docs: replace an esoteric Von Neumann mention #137598
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nedbat
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| @@ -29,9 +28,6 @@ represented by objects.) | |||
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| .. XXX it *is* now possible in some cases to change an object's | |||
| type, under certain controlled conditions | |||
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I removed this comment since it is now an actual footnote.
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| is represented by objects or by relations between objects. Even code is | ||
| represented by objects. |
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Code isn't represented by objects: the compiled bytecode, or the abstract tree, or the tokens are though. The previous sentence has "In a sense ... code is also represented by objects", which (by hedging) seems more accurate?
If the Von Neumann aside is to go, perhaps it makes more sense to bin the full sentence?:
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| is represented by objects or by relations between objects. Even code is | |
| represented by objects. | |
| is represented by objects or by relations between objects. |
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I'd say for the first paragraph it's good enough to say code is represented by objects. It carries the point of the original sentence, to underscore how pervasive objects are in the Python world.
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