Class Variable Access and Assignment

[venk]

Again (blink) quoting from the docs "
For targets which are attribute references, the initial value is
retrieved with a getattr() and the result is assigned with a setattr().
Notice that the two methods do not necessarily refer to the same
variable. When getattr() refers to a class variable, setattr() still
writes to an instance variable. For example:

class A:
    x = 3    # class variable
a = A()
a.x += 1     # writes a.x as 4 leaving A.x as 3
"

I felt a wee bit clear after going thru the doc... attribute
referencing is not the same as searching the variable in the enclosing
scopes.... But, i still feel the inconsistency...