[New-bugs-announce] [issue31989] setattr on a property gives a very unhelpful exception

[Mark Diekhans]

New submission from Mark Diekhans <markd at kermodei.com>:

done a setattr on a property gives a very unhelpful error message

   AttributeError: can't set attribute

it neither indicates the name of the attribute that failed or the cause.

an error such as "can't set property attribute: the_attr_name"

would be far more helpful.

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messages: 305933
nosy: diekhans
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: setattr on a property gives a very unhelpful exception
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6, Python 3.7

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