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From: Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu>
Subject: Re: __bases__ misleading error message
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:55:18 -0500
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On 1/24/2015 4:51 PM, Marco Buttu wrote:
> On 24/01/2015 20:24, Terry Reedy wrote:
>
>> On 1/24/2015 5:16 AM, Mario Figueiredo wrote:
>>>
>>> Consider the following code at your REPL of choice
>>
>>>         class Sub:
>>>             pass
>>>
>>>         foo = Sub()
>>>
>>>         Sub.__bases__
>>>         foo.__bases__
>>>
>>> The last statement originates the following error:
>>
>> This is an anomalous situation.

'This situation' being that Someclass.attro works but Someclass().attro 
raises.

   Normally, if a class has an attribute,

In other words, if 'Someclass.attro' evaluates to an object

>> instances have the same attribute

then 'Someclass().attro' *normally* evaluates to the same object

>> (unless overriden).

(unless 'Someclass().attro' has been bound to a different object)
because attribute lookup on an instance reverts to attribute lookup on 
the class and even its super classes (__bases__).  Someclass.__bases__ 
is special; it is not listed by dir(Someclass), and it is not accessible 
via an instance.

> That is not true:

What I said, as I meant it to be understood, is true.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy