[Python-checkins] Don't use the LHS/RHS acronym in Simple statements (GH-12996)

Fri May 3 10:59:25 EDT 2019

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5861cddf76215b8390d48069a35d30a5c3ec92c1
commit: 5861cddf76215b8390d48069a35d30a5c3ec92c1
branch: master
author: Andre Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>
committer: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2019年05月03日T07:59:05-07:00
summary:
Don't use the LHS/RHS acronym in Simple statements (GH-12996)
Prefer the full wording instead, as it is more meaningful for someone not familiar with the terms.
Also, LFS/RHS is not used anywhere else in the documentation, while left/right-hand side mentions are common.
files:
M Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
index 207057cbc124..af7c0caff627 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/simple_stmts.rst
@@ -169,12 +169,12 @@ Assignment of an object to a single target is recursively defined as follows.
 .. _attr-target-note:
 
 Note: If the object is a class instance and the attribute reference occurs on
- both sides of the assignment operator, the RHS expression, ``a.x`` can access
+ both sides of the assignment operator, the right-hand side expression, ``a.x`` can access
 either an instance attribute or (if no instance attribute exists) a class
- attribute. The LHS target ``a.x`` is always set as an instance attribute,
+ attribute. The left-hand side target ``a.x`` is always set as an instance attribute,
 creating it if necessary. Thus, the two occurrences of ``a.x`` do not
- necessarily refer to the same attribute: if the RHS expression refers to a
- class attribute, the LHS creates a new instance attribute as the target of the
+ necessarily refer to the same attribute: if the right-hand side expression refers to a
+ class attribute, the left-hand side creates a new instance attribute as the target of the
 assignment::
 
 class Cls:
