[Python-checkins] Add a reference to the name mangling description in the tutorial to the index. (GH-10138)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d06b60fca35dd597a6009c643c90a6601a365932
commit: d06b60fca35dd597a6009c643c90a6601a365932
branch: 2.7
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2018-11-07T10:30:12-08:00
summary:

Add a reference to the name mangling description in the tutorial to the index. (GH-10138)

(cherry picked from commit c5eec4426d9144b2255500217d0e3ff9463d2770)

Co-authored-by: Andrés Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>

files:
M Doc/tutorial/classes.rst

diff --git a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
index 9935ccb92725..b17e150cff04 100644
--- a/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
+++ b/Doc/tutorial/classes.rst
@@ -620,6 +620,9 @@ be treated as a non-public part of the API (whether it is a function, a method
 or a data member).  It should be considered an implementation detail and subject
 to change without notice.
 
+.. index::
+   pair: name; mangling
+
 Since there is a valid use-case for class-private members (namely to avoid name
 clashes of names with names defined by subclasses), there is limited support for
 such a mechanism, called :dfn:`name mangling`.  Any identifier of the form



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