[Python-Dev] __dir__, part 2

[Guido van Rossum]

On 11/10/06, Fredrik Lundh <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>
> > I think that ought to go into the guidlines for what's an acceptable
> > __dir__ implementation. We don't try to stop people from overriding
> > __add__ as subtraction either.
>
> to me, overriding dir() is a lot more like overriding id() than over-
> riding "+".  I don't think an object should be allowed to lie to the
> introspection mechanisms.

Why not? You can override __class__ already. With a metaclass you can
probably override inspection of the class, too.

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