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ef1122cb · Benjamin Peterson · 115a143f · ef1122cb
Commit ef1122cb authored Jun 03, 2011 by Benjamin Peterson
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@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ Core and Builtins
  "maximum recursion depth" RuntimeError exception.
  (patch by Ronald Oussoren)

- Correct lookup of __dir__ on objects. Among other things, this causes errors
-  besides AttributeError found on lookup to be propagated.
+- Correct lookup of __dir__ on objects. This allows old-style classes to have
+  __dir__. It also causes errors besides AttributeError found on lookup to be
+  propagated.

 - Issue #1195: Fix input() if it is interrupted by CTRL+d and then CTRL+c,
  clear the end-of-file indicator after CTRL+d.