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Re: data attributes override method attributes?

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From Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date 2012-09-25 14:07 -0600
Subject Re: data attributes override method attributes?
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> wrote:
> On 9/25/2012 11:03 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> Instance attributes override (shadow) class attributes.
>
>
> except for (some? all?) special methods

Those names are shadowed too.  If you call foo.__len__() and the name
is bound on the instance, it will call that function preferentially.
It's just that when the special Python machinery calls the method, it
skips the instance and goes straight to the class.

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data attributes override method attributes? Jayden <jayden.shui@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 06:41 -0700
  Re: data attributes override method attributes? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 06:52 -0700
  Re: data attributes override method attributes? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-09-25 16:08 +0200
    Re: data attributes override method attributes? alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 07:11 -0700
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-09-25 16:54 +0200
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-26 01:03 +1000
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Ulrich Eckhardt <ulrich.eckhardt@dominolaser.com> - 2012-09-25 16:54 +0200
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-25 15:58 -0400
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-09-25 14:07 -0600
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-25 16:18 -0400
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-25 16:34 -0400
      RE: data attributes override method attributes? "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com> - 2012-09-28 18:02 +0000
        Re: data attributes override method attributes? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-29 03:20 +0000
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-09-28 12:25 -0600
      Re: data attributes override method attributes? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2012-09-28 14:26 -0400
    Re: data attributes override method attributes? Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2012-09-25 21:52 +0200
  Re: data attributes override method attributes? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-25 14:12 +0000

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