[ZODB-Dev] Persistent-derived class instances always callable
Shane Hathaway
shane at zope.com
Fri Oct 17 18:04:44 EDT 2003
[Shane]
> > callable() doesn't go to the effort of discerning the difference, so it
> > always returns True for ExtensionClass instances.
[Tim]
> If that's undesirable, it shouldn't set tp_call all the time <wink>.
Checking tp_call is insufficient. Objects should have the opportunity to
tell callable() whether or not they are callable. Depending on tp_call
means that the callability decision is made by the type of the object
rather than the object itself.
Checking for the __call__ attribute may not be the best approach (since it
has demonstrated flaws), but we need something better than relying on
tp_call.
Shane
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