Bug or wart? You make the call.

[Michael Hudson]

Thomas Wouters <thomas at xs4all.net> writes:

> It doesn't have an official rationale, but it's easily
> considered. Python is a very dynamic language. An instance's
> __class__ and a class's __bases__ can be dynamically changed. It is
> part of how Python Works.

Apropos of not much, I was faintly surprised this didn't raise an
exception:

/>> class C(object):
|..  def m(self, x):
|..   print x
\__ 
/>> class D(object):
|..  pass
\__ 
->> o = C()
->> m = o.m
->> o.__class__ = D
->> m(1)
1

Cheers,
M.

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