On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > Is there a reason why normal classes can't have their __doc__ strings > rewritten? Creating a do-nothing metaclass seems like overkill for such a > simple operation. > > Python 3.2 ... on win32 > --> class Test(): > ... __doc__ = 'am I permanent?' > ... > --> Test.__doc__ > 'am I permanent?' > --> Test.__doc__ = 'yes' > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > AttributeError: attribute '__doc__' of 'type' objects is not writable > --> type(Test) > <class 'type'> > > --> class Meta(type): > ... "only for exists to allow writable __doc__" > ... > --> class Test(metaclass=Meta): > ... __doc__ = 'am I permanent?' > ... > --> Test.__doc__ > 'am I permanent?' > --> Test.__doc__ = 'No!' > --> Test.__doc__ > 'No!' > --> type(Test) > <class '__main__.Meta'> > > Should I create a bug report?
http://bugs.python.org/issue12773 :) -eric _______________________________________________ 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
