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| -rw-r--r-- | pyramid/security.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pyramid/security.py b/pyramid/security.py index aa4aece69..c98d4e6cc 100644 --- a/pyramid/security.py +++ b/pyramid/security.py @@ -340,10 +340,9 @@ class AuthenticationAPIMixin(object): @property def effective_principals(self): """ Return the list of 'effective' :term:`principal` identifiers - for the ``request``. This will include the userid of the - currently authenticated user if a user is currently - authenticated. If no :term:`authentication policy` is in effect, - this will return an empty sequence. + for the ``request``. If no :term:`authentication policy` is in effect, + this will return a one-element list containing the + :data:`pyramid.security.Everyone` principal. .. versionadded:: 1.5 """ |