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gh-150501: Fix various inspect.getattr_static documentation flaws, including in faulty code example attached #150504

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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/inspect.rst
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Expand Up @@ -1614,10 +1614,11 @@ properties, will be invoked and :meth:`~object.__getattr__` and
may be called.

For cases where you want passive introspection, like documentation tools, this
can be inconvenient. :func:`getattr_static` has the same signature as :func:`getattr`
can be inconvenient. :func:`getattr_static` has a similar signature as :func:`getattr`
but avoids executing code when it fetches attributes.

.. function:: getattr_static(obj, attr, default=None)
.. function:: getattr_static(obj, attr)
getattr_static(obj, attr, default)

Retrieve attributes without triggering dynamic lookup via the
descriptor protocol, :meth:`~object.__getattr__`
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