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Re: how to inherit docstrings?

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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> wrote:

> Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> AttributeError: attribute '__doc__' of 'type' objects is not writable
>>
>> That is on 3.3.
> 
> Well, that sucks :-(
> 
> Where can we see the discussion of that change before it was
> implemented?
> 

Change? What change?

C:\Python27>python
Python 2.7 (r27:82525, Jul  4 2010, 09:01:59) [MSC v.1500 32 bit 
(Intel)] on win
32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> class C(object):
...    "Hello world"
...
>>> C.__doc__ = "whatever"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
AttributeError: attribute '__doc__' of 'type' objects is not writable
>>>


Or even:
Python 2.3.5 (#1, Oct 13 2005, 09:17:23)
[GCC 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-52)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> class C(object):
...    "Hello world"
...
>>> C.__doc__ = "whatever"
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: attribute '__doc__' of 'type' objects is not writable
>>>


-- 
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com

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how to inherit docstrings? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-09 00:22 -0600
  Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-09 16:37 +1000
    Re: how to inherit docstrings? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-09 01:13 -0600
      Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-09 17:44 +1000
        Re: how to inherit docstrings? Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-06-09 11:23 +0000
        Re: how to inherit docstrings? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-09 14:56 +0000
          Re: how to inherit docstrings? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-06-10 07:33 +1000
            Re: how to inherit docstrings? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-10 09:25 +0000
  Re: how to inherit docstrings? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-10 16:47 +0000
    Re: how to inherit docstrings? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-10 11:01 -0600
      Re: how to inherit docstrings? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-10 17:27 +0000
        Re: how to inherit docstrings? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-06-10 12:48 -0600
    Re: how to inherit docstrings? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-06-10 17:19 +0000

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