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Re: Instances' __setitem__ methods

Date 2011-06-20 20:37 -0700
From Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us>
Subject Re: Instances' __setitem__ methods
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Spencer Pearson wrote:
> I was recently trying to implement a dict-like object which would do
> some fancy stuff when it was modified, and found that overriding the
> __setitem__ method of an instance did not act the way I expected. 

The __magic__ methods are only looked up on the class, never the instance.

~Ethan~

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Instances' __setitem__ methods Spencer Pearson <speeze.pearson@gmail.com> - 2011-06-20 18:42 -0700
  Re: Instances' __setitem__ methods Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-06-20 20:37 -0700
  Re: Instances' __setitem__ methods Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2011-06-20 22:12 -0700

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