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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/inspect.rst | 8 |
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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. |