Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> writes: > On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:44:32 +1000, Ben Finney wrote: > > > Eric Snow <ericsnowcurren...@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? > > It goes back to Python 2.2, when new style classes were first introduced. […]
> It's an unnecessary restriction, as far as I'm concerned, but an old one. Well, it's incompatible with the Python compiler I keep in my head. Have these developers no consideration for backward-thinking-compatibility? -- \ “The fact that I have no remedy for all the sorrows of the | `\ world is no reason for my accepting yours. It simply supports | _o__) the strong probability that yours is a fake.” —Henry L. Mencken | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
