function attributes are like function objects

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <mailman.981171622.11894.python-list at python.org>,
Barry A. Warsaw <barry at digicool.com> wrote:
>>>>>> "GG" == Geoffrey Gerrietts <geoff at homegain.com> writes:
>
>    GG> Not to pick nits, just that the question is about
>    GG> introspection, not about whether regular namespace semantics
>    GG> work, or whether our functions are really first-class objects.
>
>Okay, so introspection works no differently for functions as any other
>object with writable attributes (e.g. classes, instances, modules).
>You can use getattr() to test whether a function has a particular
>attribute, and setattr() to set that attribute.

I think the issue is that Geoffrey suddenly realized that there's no
"self" equivalent for functions.
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