[Patches] UserDict/UserList: raise TypeError when trying to set attrs

[Moshe Zadka]

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Gerrit Holl wrote:

> Hello Python gurus,
> 
> I added a __setattr__ to UserDict and UserList. When trying to set
> attributes to dictionairies and lists, an error is raised. In
> UserDict and UserList, that's not true:

I'm certain I'm against this patch: it would make deriving from UserDict
(e.g.) that much harder, by needing to override __setattr__ for any
new attributes you'd want to add.

My 0.02$
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