[Python-ideas] Re: A proposal (and implementation) to add assignment and LOAD overloading

Yanghao Hua wrote:

when you do x.y = z and if y is a descriptor you don't expect x.y is now pointing/binding to z, you have to understand the object behavior anyway. I do not see how this is different in the set/getself() case.

The difference is that the special behaviour is associated with 'x.y', not just 'y'. -- Greg