[issue2605] Descriptor instance attributes not interpreted consistently

Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: The behavior observed is intentional. The docs should be updated. -- nosy: +gvanrossum resolution: -> rejected status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[issue2605] Descriptor instance attributes not interpreted consistently

Piet Delport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: >From the Py3K list: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-March/006304.html The sentiment appears to be to leave the behavior implementation-defined. It seems straightforward to update inspect and pydoc to mirror typeobject.c, bu

[issue2605] Descriptor instance attributes not interpreted consistently

Piet Delport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: Related: #643841 (new-style special method lookup) __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-bugs-

[issue2605] Descriptor instance attributes not interpreted consistently

New submission from Piet Delport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Short version: __get__/__set__/__delete__ attributes on descriptor objects (as opposed to their types) are treated inconsistently as part of the descriptor protocol: the documentation and support code includes them; the core implementation