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Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types

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On 27 October 2011 11:08, candide <candide@free.invalid> wrote:
> I realize that built-in types objects don't provide a __dict__ attribute and
> thereby i can't set an attribute to a such object, for instance
>
>
>>>> a=[42,421]
>>>> a.foo="bar"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'foo'
>>>> a.__dict__
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute '__dict__'
>>>>

Some built in types have a __dict__:

>>> def foo(): pass
...
>>> foo.__dict__
{}
>>> import random
>>> len(random.__dict__)
57

>
> So, i was wondering :
>
> -- why this behaviour ?

Performance reasons I guess.

> -- where the official documentation refers to this point ?

I don't know this one :)

-- 
Arnaud

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__dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-27 12:08 +0200
  Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 11:36 +0100
  Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-27 11:03 +0000
    Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-10-28 00:25 +1100
      Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Duncan Booth <duncan.booth@invalid.invalid> - 2011-10-27 14:36 +0000
        Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2011-10-28 09:39 +1100
    Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-27 16:01 +0200
      Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-10-27 22:19 +0000
        Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-28 00:52 +0200
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-10-27 22:44 -0400
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 19:48 -0700
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-10-28 08:01 +0000
            Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-28 12:03 +0200
            Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Christian Heimes <lists@cheimes.de> - 2011-10-28 13:51 +0200
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Peter Pearson <ppearson@nowhere.invalid> - 2011-10-28 15:52 +0000
      Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-10-28 00:57 +0200
        Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-28 01:36 +0200
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2011-10-28 01:02 +0100
            Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-28 04:46 +0200
              Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Patrick Maupin <pmaupin@gmail.com> - 2011-10-27 20:02 -0700
                Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-28 12:04 +0200
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-10-28 06:21 +0000
          Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> - 2011-10-28 11:08 +0200
            Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types candide <candide@free.invalid> - 2011-10-28 12:23 +0200
  Re: __dict__ attribute for built-in types Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-10-28 06:49 +0100

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