setattr and variable names: bug or feature?

[Michael Hudson]

Gerrit Holl <gerrit.holl at pobox.com> writes:

> Dear bottomless information source,
> 
> >>> class Foo:
> ...     pass
> ...
> >>> setattr(Foo, '', '')
> >>> setattr(Foo, '`', '')
> >>> setattr(Foo, '\'', '')
> >>> setattr(Foo, '!@#{}\0\0\0', '')
> >>> dir(Foo)
> ['', '!@#{}\000\000\000', "'", '__doc__', '__module__', '`']
> 
> Is this a bug or a feature, or None of both?

Feature, I'd say.  I've used names like this when I've been playing
silly buggers with setattr & getattr methods, for example.

Cheers,
M.

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