__setattr__ recursion problem

[gbreed at cix.compulink.co.uk]

In article <3C066BF8.8D911FCB at olen.to>, joonas at olen.to (Joonas Paalasmaa) 
wrote:

> The code above causes an infinite loop. How can I set an attribute of
> Class
> without overloading the __setattr__ function? Or does someone have some
> other
> solution to make that script work?
> 
> 
> 
> class Class2:
>       eggs = 1
>       spam = 2
> 
> class Class:
>       base = Class2()
>       def __setattr__(s,attr, value):
>               if hasattr(s.base, attr):
>                       setattr(s.base, attr, value)
>               else:
>                       setattr(s, attr, value)
> 
> Class().foo = "eggs"

Um, well, how about

class Class(Class2):
        pass

?

or change

                        setattr(s, attr, value)

to

                        s.__dict__[attr]=value

                        
                        
                   Graham