[ python-Bugs-1184449 ] Read-only property attributes raise wrong exception

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Bugs item #1184449, was opened at 2005-04-16 18:16
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
>Group: Python 2.5
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Barry A. Warsaw (bwarsaw)
Assigned to: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Summary: Read-only property attributes raise wrong exception

Initial Comment:
In
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-April/052681.html
I describe how attributes defined as properties raise
inconsistent errors depending on whether the property
is defined in C or Python.  By default in C, you'll get
a TypeError while in Python you'll get an AttributeError.

I think both should raise AttributeErrors. Here is a
patch against Python 2.4 which should be ported to 2.5
(and possibly 2.3 if we care).


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Comment By: Barry A. Warsaw (bwarsaw)
Date: 2005-04-16 18:23

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Well, I was going to attach a patch, but it seems SF is
borked and won't let me upload anything (yes the stupid
checkbox was checked).  The patch is simple though: change
PyExc_TypeError to PyExc_AttributeError on lines 147 and 202
in Objects/descrobject.c (rev 2.38)

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