2009/6/15 Nick Coghlan <ncogh...@gmail.com>: > Guido van Rossum wrote: >> In general, CPython isn't always consistent in raising AttributeError >> and TypeError when it comes to such policy issues: there are various >> places that raise TypeError in typeobject.c (and probably elsewhere) >> that simply forbid setting a specific attribute (another example is >> __name__). > > We're pretty inconsistent when it comes to looking up special methods as > well - those that are looked up through dedicated slots in abstract.c > usually raise TypeError, while those that are looked up via a PyType > method usually raise AttributeError.
What's a PyType method? -- Regards, Benjamin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
