> >> Then why wasn't __class__ added to c.__dict__ ? Looks like namespace >> searching to me. > > No, as you conclude later, __class__ is special, so you can still > assign > to __class__ even when __slots__ is defined because it's not > considered > a normal attribute. But note that __class__ is an *instance* > attribute, > not a class attribute, so "c.__class__ = C" changes the class of that > single instance, and makes no change to the type: > > So no, even with __class__, you're only assigning to the instance, and > so Python's not searching any additional namespaces.
Thank you so much, very helpful comments. I hope it helps others as well. At the very least I now understand a little better about some of the special rules for special attributes. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
