[issue38336] Remove the __set__ method restriction on data descriptors for attribute lookup precedence

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: New changeset 4c155f738dc2e70ccb574f5169ad89c01753c6f7 by Raymond Hettinger (Géry Ogam) in branch 'master': bpo-38336: Remove the __set__ method restriction on data descriptors for attribute lookup precedence (GH-16520)

[issue38336] Remove the __set__ method restriction on data descriptors for attribute lookup precedence

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[issue38336] Remove the __set__ method restriction on data descriptors for attribute lookup precedence

New submission from Géry : The [language documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#invoking-descriptors) states: > Data descriptors with __set__() and __get__() defined always override a > redefinition in an instance dictionary. In contrast, non-data descriptors can

[issue38336] Remove the __set__ method restriction on data descriptors for attribute lookup precedence

Géry added the comment: I have opened a PR here: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/16520 -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue38336] Remove the __set__ method restriction on data descriptors for attribute lookup precedence

Change by Géry : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +16112 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/16520 ___ Python tracker ___