properties + types, implementing meta-class desciptors elegantly?

[Mike C. Fletcher]

Bengt Richter wrote:

>On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 08:48:44 -0400, "Mike C. Fletcher" <mcfletch at rogers.com> wrote:
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>Not sure exactly what you are doing, but what does
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>     object.__setattr__(client, self.name, value)
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>do in your context in place of
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>     client.__dict__[ self.name ] = value
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>?
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__setattr__ invokes the entire tree of setattr machinery, *including* 
descriptor interception, so it just creates an infinite loop when used 
in descriptors.  What I'm looking for is a (set of) 
method(s)/function(s) for use when constructing descriptors which allow 
for simply setting the value without going through the new setattr 
machinery.  In effect, a function which knows how to do the equivalent 
of "client.__dict__[ name ] = value" for all built-in objects (objects, 
classes, __slot__ holding instance, etceteras).

Hooks into which to hook is my goal, really.  A lower-level API for 
doing what's normally done once you're done pre-processing the 
setting/getting/deleting "event".

Have fun,
Mike

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  Mike C. Fletcher
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