[Python-Dev] 2.3b1, and object()

[Greg Ewing]

Mathieu Fenniak <laotzu@pobox.com>:

> >>> class A(object): pass
> >>> a = A()
> >>> a.i = 5
> >>> a.i
> 5
> >>>
>
> >>> a = object()
> >>> a.i = 5
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> AttributeError: 'object' object has no attribute 'i'

I think this is because object is a built-in type, and
as such doesn't allow attributes to be added, unless you
create a Python subclass of it.

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