diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst index 72227f35ed9e30..fa5bd93ebf2185 100644 --- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst +++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst @@ -727,14 +727,7 @@ When an instance method object is derived from a :class:`classmethod` object, th itself, so that calling either ``x.f(1)`` or ``C.f(1)`` is equivalent to calling ``f(C,1)`` where ``f`` is the underlying function. -Note that the transformation from :ref:`function object ` -to instance method -object happens each time the attribute is retrieved from the instance. In -some cases, a fruitful optimization is to assign the attribute to a local -variable and call that local variable. Also notice that this -transformation only happens for user-defined functions; other callable -objects (and all non-callable objects) are retrieved without -transformation. It is also important to note that user-defined functions +It is important to note that user-defined functions which are attributes of a class instance are not converted to bound methods; this *only* happens when the function is an attribute of the class.