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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ipalib/base.py b/ipalib/base.py index 2d80a077..1651b01d 100644 --- a/ipalib/base.py +++ b/ipalib/base.py @@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ class ReadOnly(object): The point of this class is not to make it impossible to set or to delete attributes after an instance is locked, but to make it impossible to do so - *accidentally*. Rather than simply telling our programmers something like, - "Don't set any attributes on this ``FooBar`` instance because doing so wont - be thread-safe", this class gives us a way to enforce it. + *accidentally*. Rather than constantly reminding our programmers of things + like, for example, "Don't set any attributes on this ``FooBar`` instance + because doing so wont be thread-safe", this class offers a real way to + enforce read-only attribute usage. For example, before a `ReadOnly` instance is locked, you can set and delete its attributes as normal: |