[Python-checkins] [doc] Clarify MRO precedence in descriptor super binding section (GH-29539) (GH-29669)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4b224e8729365c3f0b1901cc2217e9591719a332
commit: 4b224e8729365c3f0b1901cc2217e9591719a332
branch: 3.10
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: ambv <lukasz at langa.pl>
date: 2021-12-11T01:01:16+01:00
summary:

[doc] Clarify MRO precedence in descriptor super binding section (GH-29539) (GH-29669)

A similar sentence is present in the 'Invocation from super' section of
the descriptor HOWTO, where it is already correct.
(cherry picked from commit ee49484c0f0d0d79e8fc40835da10b78f89ae503)

Co-authored-by: Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/reference/datamodel.rst

diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 111417d937fbb..166c615149360 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1785,7 +1785,7 @@ Class Binding
 Super Binding
    If ``a`` is an instance of :class:`super`, then the binding ``super(B, obj).m()``
    searches ``obj.__class__.__mro__`` for the base class ``A``
-   immediately preceding ``B`` and then invokes the descriptor with the call:
+   immediately following ``B`` and then invokes the descriptor with the call:
    ``A.__dict__['m'].__get__(obj, obj.__class__)``.
 
 For instance bindings, the precedence of descriptor invocation depends on



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