[Zope-DB] Weird Python 2.3 subclassing thing with _mysql and MySQLdb

[Chris Withers]

(cross posting to python list in case someone there can explain this bizarre 
behaviour...)

Python 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
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 >>> import _mysql

...define kwargs...

 >>> c = _mysql.connection(**kwargs)
 >>> c
<_mysql.connection open to 'localhost' at 7b8858>
 >>> c.server_capabilities
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: server_capabilities

...hmmm, okay, so no server_capabilties attribute...

 >>> class test(_mysql.connection): pass
...
 >>> c = test(**kwargs)
 >>> c
<_mysql.connection open to 'localhost' at 82c2a0>
 >>> c.server_capabilities
8236

...BWAGGGHH?!

Chris

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