__get__ called without being bound when a bound method should be called

(Edited a not important part of the code.)

Suppose a class D has a __get__ method D.__dict__["__get__"] for its instances, and O.__dict__["d"] is an object of type D, where O is a class. Then, for an object o of type O, my expectation was the value o.d would be got as (O.__dict__["d"]).__get__(o, O). In reality, its evaluation tries to call D.__dict__["__get__"] (on the arguments O.__dict__["d"], o, O). See the code below. I used Python 3.9.7 on MacOS.

This means it wouldn't help if d.__get__ will be callable for every object d of type D. For instance, D.__dict__["__get__"] can't be of type property, functools.partialmethod or staticmethod to work properly. Another concern is if D.__dict__["__get__"] happens to be callable in an unexpected way, then one can get an unexpected value for o.d, which would be worse if it happens. (If D.__dict__["__get__"] is callable and its class type(D.__dict__["__get__"]) doesn't have or inherit a __get__ method, then that __get__ method of D seems to be meant static.)

I don't know where else a dunder method may be required to be callable without being bound, but I think such a requirement should be replaced with one that bound methods be callable. In the case above, evaluation of o.d (or O.d) should call the bound method (O.__dict__["d"]).__get__.

Here's a code for your convenience.

from functools import partial

# Utility
def unpack(iterator):
    next_ = iterator.__next__
    while True:
        try:
            next_()
        except StopIteration:
            return

# Context
class Get:
    '''Creates a method to be __get__ .
    '''
    def __get__(self, descriptor, owner=None):
        return self if descriptor is None\
            else partial(self._do, descriptor)

    def _do(self, descriptor, instance, owner=None):
        return descriptor if instance is None else None

    # For the purpose of inspection, instances will be callable in an
    # unexpected way.
    def __call__(self, /, *args, **kwargs):
        print("Called:", (dict_ := locals()).pop("self"))
        return dict_

class D:
    '''A class of descriptors.
    '''
    __get__ = Get()

    def __set__(self, instance, value):
        return

    def __delete__(self, instance):
        return

class O:
    '''A class with a descriptor of type D .
    '''
    d = D()

# Test
unpack(map(print,
           map(eval,
               map("f'{{{}=}}'".format,
                   ('D.__dict__["__get__"]',
                    'O.__dict__["d"]',
                    'O.d',
                    '(o := O())',
                    'o.d', )))))

The expectation from the code is

O.d ---> O.__dict__["d"],
o.d ---> None.

An example of what actually get printed:

D.__dict__["__get__"]=<__main__.Get object at 0x100e21400>
O.__dict__["d"]=<__main__.D object at 0x100e213d0>
Called: <__main__.Get object at 0x100e21400>
O.d={'args': (<__main__.D object at 0x100e213d0>, None, <class '__main__.O'>), 'kwargs': {}}
(o := O())=<__main__.O object at 0x100e210a0>
Called: <__main__.Get object at 0x100e21400>
o.d={'args': (<__main__.D object at 0x100e213d0>, <__main__.O object at 0x100e210a0>, <class '__main__.O'>), 'kwargs': {}}

Commencez par exécuter le reproducteur de l’issue et suivre la recherche du descripteur pour O.d et o.d, en vous concentrant sur la manière dont get est invoqué. Le travail est terminé lorsque le comportement correspond à l’attente indiquée : O.d renvoie O.dict["d"] et o.d renvoie None, avec une couverture de régression pour l’exemple.