Assignment not the same as defining?

[Dale Strickland-Clark]

A solution I thought I had to using __setattr__ doesn't seem to work.

class wibble:
	def __init__(self):
		<init code>
		self.__setattr__ = self.set

	def set(self, attr, value):
		<assignment code>

My late bound __setattr__ is never called.

I've clearly misunderstood something fundamental here. What am I doing
wrong?

Thanks
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Dale Strickland-Clark
Riverhall Systems Ltd