Ron Adam wrote: > What I've noticed is you can block the visibility of a class attribute, > which include methods, by inserting an object in the instance with the > same name. > [snip example of this behavior]
Yes, that's true for "non-data descriptors" (see last two bullets below) Raymond Hettinger [http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm] > > The important points to remember are: > > * descriptors are invoked by the __getattribute__ method > * overriding __getattribute__ prevents automatic descriptor calls > * __getattribute__ is only available with new style classes and objects > * object.__getattribute__ and type.__getattribute__ make different calls to __get__. > * data descriptors always override instance dictionaries. > * non-data descriptors may be overridden by instance dictionaries. Michael -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
