[C++-SIG] bug in setattr_handler?

[Phil Austin]

The example that I just circulated to demonstrate setattr 
threw an exception if the attribute wasn't found.  But the exception
is silently cleared in PythonType::setattr_handler:

*** cxx_extensions.cxx	2000/05/08 23:35:08	1.1
--- cxx_extensions.cxx	2000/05/17 20:38:29
***************
*** 353,359 ****
  		}
  	catch( Py::Exception & )
  		{
! 		return 0;
  		}
  	}
  
--- 353,360 ----
  		}
  	catch( Py::Exception & )
  		{
! 		  //return 0; ignore all exceptions??
! 		  return Py::Null();
  		}
  	}