[issue29032] How does the __self__ attribute of method become a class rather a instance?

[woo yoo]

New submission from woo yoo:

The documentation of instance methods confused me, it classifies methods into two types:the one is retrieved by an instance of a class, the other is created by retrieving a method from a class or instance.

According to the description,

>When an instance method object is created by retrieving a class method >object from a class or instance, its __self__ attribute is the class >itself, and its __func__ attribute is the function object underlying the >class method.

the  __self__ attribute of the more complex methods is a class. How does this happen? Is this description incorrect?

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 283724
nosy: docs at python, woo yoo
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: How does the __self__ attribute of method become a class rather a instance?
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.5, Python 3.6

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