In article <mailman.2338.1277812368.32709.python-l...@python.org>, Thomas Jollans <tho...@jollans.com> wrote: > >% python2.6 >Python 2.6.5+ (release26-maint, Jun 28 2010, 19:46:36) >[GCC 4.4.4] on linux2 >Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>>> class OLD: pass >... >>>> class NEW(object): pass >... >>>> OLD.__doc__ = "foo" >>>> NEW.__doc__ = "bar" >Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> >AttributeError: attribute '__doc__' of 'type' objects is not writable >>>>
I'd argue that's a bug -- feel free to file one. I think this might even be fixable in 2.7.1. -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it." --Dijkstra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
