"Aliasing" an object's __str__ to a different method

[Christopher Subich]

Paolino wrote:
> Little less ugly:
> In [12]:class A(object):
>    ....:     def __str__(self):return self.__str__()
>    ....:     def str(self):return 'ciao'
>    ....:     def setStr(self):self.__str__=self.str
>    ....:
> 
> In [13]:a=A()
> 
> In [14]:a.setStr()
> 
> In [15]:str(a)
> Out[15]:'ciao'

Not quite bug-free, by my eye that'll infintely recur if you call str(A()).