- document bytes()
- throw out many mentions of "old-style/new-style"
- add memoryview() though I somebody has to fill in the details
- throw out str.decode()
- throw out classobj and instanceobj
diff --git a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
index e7587f6..8aa4e02 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/compound_stmts.rst
@@ -540,8 +540,10 @@
class and instance variables are accessible through the notation
"``self.name``", and an instance variable hides a class variable with the same
name when accessed in this way. Class variables with immutable values can be
-used as defaults for instance variables. For new-style classes, descriptors can
-be used to create instance variables with different implementation details.
+used as defaults for instance variables. Descriptors can be used to create
+instance variables with different implementation details.
+
+.. XXX add link to descriptor docs above
.. rubric:: Footnotes