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__slots__magic.rst

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ In Python every class can have instance attributes. By default Python
 uses a dict to store an object’s instance attributes. This is really
 helpful as it allows setting arbitrary new attributes at runtime.
 
-However, in small classes with known attributes it might be a
+However, for small classes with known attributes it might be a
 bottleneck. The ``dict`` wastes a lot of RAM. Python can’t just allocate
 a static amount of memory at object creation to store all the
 attributes. Therefore it sucks a lot of RAM if you create a lot of
-classes (I am talking in thousands and millions). Still there is a way
+objects (I am talking in thousands and millions). Still there is a way
 to circumvent this issue. It involves the useage of ``__slots__`` to
 tell Python not to use a dict, and only allocate space for a fixed set
 of attributes. Here is an example with and without ``__slots__``:
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ of attributes. Here is an example with and without ``__slots__``:
 .. code:: python
 
     class MyClass(object):
-        def __init__(name, class):
+        def __init__(name, identifier):
             self.name = name
-            self.class = class
+            self.identifier = identifier
             self.set_up()
         # ...
 
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ of attributes. Here is an example with and without ``__slots__``:
 .. code:: python
 
     class MyClass(object):
-        __slots__ = ['name', 'class']
-        def __init__(name, class):
+        __slots__ = ['name', 'identifier']
+        def __init__(name, identifier):
             self.name = name
-            self.class = class
+            self.identifier = identifier
             self.set_up()
         # ...
 

targeting_python_2_3.rst

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ in Python 2 you can import it from ``__future__``.
     # Output:
 
     from __future__ import print_function
-    print
+    print(print)
     # Output: <built-in function print>
 
-**Using ``as`` in imports**
+**Dealing with module renaming**
 
 First tell me how you import packages in your script ? Most of us do
 this :
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ code below :
 .. code:: python
 
     try:
-        import urllib.request as urllib_request #for python 3
+        import urllib.request as urllib_request  # for python 3
     except ImportError:
-        import urllib2 as urllib_request # for python 2
+        import urllib2 as urllib_request  # for python 2
 
 So let me explain the above code a little. We are wrapping our importing
 code in a try except clause. We are doing it because in python2 there is
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ functionality in Python 2. For instance we have:
 -  singledispatch ``pip install singledispatch``
 -  pathlib ``pip install pathlib``
 
+
 I am sure there are a lot of other methods and tricks which can be used
 to make you code compatible with both of these Python series. This was
 just to give you some ideas.