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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/inspect.rst8
-rw-r--r--Lib/inspect.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_inspect.py12
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/inspect.rst b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
index 2f09348..32e56e5 100644
--- a/Doc/library/inspect.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/inspect.rst
@@ -598,11 +598,13 @@ any of these then you deserve to have everything break anyway):
member deleted from the class, or a fake `__slots__` attribute
attached to the instance, or any other monkeying with
`__slots__`
-* objects that lie about their type by having `__class__` as a
- descriptor (`getattr_static` traverses the :term:`MRO` of whatever type
- `obj.__class__` returns instead of the real type)
* type objects that lie about their :term:`MRO`
+.. note::
+
+ Classes that override :data:`~object.__mro__` as a property will have this
+ code executed by `getattr_static`.
+
Descriptors are not resolved (for example slot descriptors or
getset descriptors on objects implemented in C). The descriptor
is returned instead of the underlying attribute.
diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index 57d8c72..97e99aa 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ def getattr_static(obj, attr, default=_sentinel):
instance_result = _sentinel
if not isinstance(obj, type):
instance_result = _check_instance(obj, attr)
- klass = obj.__class__
+ klass = type(obj)
else:
klass = obj
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
index 88c57d3..e320c68 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect.py
@@ -855,6 +855,18 @@ class TestGetattrStatic(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(inspect.getattr_static(Thing, 'd'), meta.__dict__['d'])
+ def test_class_as_property(self):
+ class Base(object):
+ foo = 3
+
+ class Something(Base):
+ @property
+ def __class__(self):
+ return object
+
+ self.assertEqual(inspect.getattr_static(Something(), 'foo'), 3)
+ self.assertEqual(inspect.getattr_static(Something, 'foo'), 3)
+
def test_main():
run_unittest(
TestDecorators, TestRetrievingSourceCode, TestOneliners, TestBuggyCases,