[issue19070] In place operators of weakref.proxy() not returning self.

[shishkander]

shishkander added the comment:

@grahamd
In short, instead of this:
$ python t.py 
<class '__main__.Test'> => <class '__main__.Test'>
<type 'weakproxy'> => <class '__main__.Test'>

I expected to get this (note the second line):
<class '__main__.Test'> => <class '__main__.Test'>
<type 'weakproxy'> => <type 'weakproxy'>

I pass the proxy to the test() function, and I expect the argument inside the function to be a proxy. And that works - the type of obj in test() is weakproxy. 
However, the test function calls obj.method(), and I expected the method to get a proxy of obj as well, but *it does not* (the type of self is now Test)!

The reason I though this is the same bug is that your method doesn't work on a proxy any more!

def __iadd__(self, value):
      # self is not longer proxy! it's actually actual class instance now.
      ...

Now, if I call the method like this:
Test.method(weakref.proxy(o)), then obviously the self argument of the method is a proxy.

So, the crux of the matter is in how obj.method is handled inside Python interpreter. I think the current behavior is wrong, and if it is fixed, I'm certain your problem is fixed as well.

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