Is this function attribute weirdness a feature or bug?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Erik> Roy Katz wrote:
    >> I am using Python 2.2a1.  This works ok:

    [ assigning to method attributes fails ]

    Erik> The former is a function (which supports function attributes).
    Erik> The latter is a method, which is a beast of a different color.

For more detail about why assigning attributes to methods is not allowed,
check the Future Directions section of PEP 232:

    http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0232.html

I thought this had found its way into the documentation, but I didn't see it
where I looked.  Perhaps I just missed it.

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