new classes with __slots__ and weakref

[Vassilis Virvilis]

Halo,

The following fragment of code is not working as expected

import weakref
class newclass(object):
   __slots__ = []
   pass

inst = newclass()
prx = weakref.proxy(inst)
print inst
print prx


If you comment out the __slots__ statement it works as expected.

I have found this problem acknowledged in goggle. However I would like 
to be informed if there are any recent advances or workarounds.

Thanks for you time.

    .Bill