super() and property inheritance behavior

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
15/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the historical patches super_setattr.patch, 44560_44559.diff, superprop.py, and duper.py, then inspect pull requests #26194 and #29950 and their discussion. The issue does not identify a current test or an agreed behavior, so confirm the intended super() property-inheritance semantics before defining completion criteria.

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Description

3.11 interpreter-core type-bug
BPO 14965
Nosy @rhettinger, @ncoghlan, @tiran, @merwok, @alex, @asvetlov, @durban, @Bluehorn, @ethanfurman, @kynan, @RonnyPfannschmidt, @habnabit, @kenodegard, @willrazen, @SwooshyCueb
PRs
  • python/cpython#26194
  • python/cpython#29950
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    Files
  • super_setattr.patch: setattr and delattr for super
  • 44560_44559.diff: Alternate patch, targeted at Python 2.7
  • superprop.py
  • duper.py: Python workaround
    		•

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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-05-31.03:04:00.947>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug', '3.11']
title = 'super() and property inheritance behavior'
updated_at = <Date 2021-12-09.19:32:05.455>
user = None

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-12-09.19:32:05.455>
actor = 'Ronny.Pfannschmidt'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2012-05-31.03:04:00.947>
creator = '\xe7\x8c\xab.\xe9\xbb\x92'
dependencies = []
files = ['25820', '26966', '37546', '50057']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 14965
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 21.0
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nosy_count = 25.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'ncoghlan', 'christian.heimes', 'habnabit', 'eric.araujo', 'alex', 'cvrebert', 'asvetlov', 'THRlWiTi', 'daniel.urban', 'dabeaz', 'torsten', 'ethan.furman', 'kynan', 'josmiley', 'Ronny.Pfannschmidt', 'piotr.dobrogost', '\xe7\x8c\xab.\xe9\xbb\x92', 'simonzack', 'jcasale', 'Aaron Gallagher', 'kenodegard', 'Victor Milovanov', 'willrazen', 'SwooshyCueb']
pr_nums = ['26194', '29950']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14965'
versions = ['Python 3.11']

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