On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 09:27:25 +0200, Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: >> If the class has a .__setattr__ method, the first bypasses that method, > > It also bypasses object.__setattribute__ and - as a consequence - any > binding descriptor by the same name as the attribute being set.
__setattribute__ ? >>> object.__setattribute__ Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: type object 'object' has no attribute '__setattribute__' -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list