Special Method and Class

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Hi all,

Why does special methods not work on class ? Or how to make them work ?
Here a simple example :

 >>> class Test(object):
...     def __repr__(cls):
...         return "<special %s>" % cls.__name__
...     __repr__ = classmethod(__repr__)
...     def __str__(cls):
...         return "<test %s>" % cls.__name__
...     __str__ = classmethod(__str__)
...
 >>> print Test
<class '__main__.Test'>
 >>> print str(Test)
<class '__main__.Test'>
 >>> print repr(Test)
<class '__main__.Test'>
 >>> print Test.__repr__()
<special Test>

In fact, what I want to do is with __iter__ :

import weakref
class RememberInstance(object):
     instances = []

     def __init__(self,name):
         self.name = name
         self.__class__.instances.append(weakref.ref(self))

     def __iter__(cls):
         for wref in cls.instances:
             inst = wref()
             if inst:
                 yield inst
     __iter__ = classmethod(__iter__)


t1 = RememberInstance('t1')
t2 = RememberInstance('t2')

for inst in RememberInstance:
     print inst.name

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