[Jython-dev] setting attributes on built-in types

[Khalid Z. <kz...@gm...>]

Notice that current development versions of jython allow attributes to
be set on builtin types:

  Jython2.2a1
  >>> int.x = 5
  >>> int.x
  5

Whereas cpython doesn't allow this:

  Python2.4.2
  >>> int.x = 5
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  TypeError: can't set attributes of built-in/extension type 'int'

Any idea if this is a feature where the jython implementation is an
intentional hypergeneralization, or if this is just a bug?

Background is playing with a fix for
http://www.jython.org/bugs/1506749 to make instance __dict__'s
assignable, and wondering where to put the boundaries.

- kz