setattr using invalid attribute names - bug or feature?

From: Gerson Kurz (gerson.kurz_at_t-online.de)
Date: 06/14/04 

Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 14:22:17 GMT

I stumbled across this (while using my homebrewn enum class):

    class test:
        pass

    instance = test()
    setattr(instance, "THIS :*2+~# IS OBVIOUSLY INVALID", 123)

I would've expected some kind of error message here when calling
setattr(); after all, its not a regular attribute? Plus, documentation
says

"
 Set a named attribute on an object; setattr(x, 'y', v) is equivalent
to
    ``x.y = v''.
"

and you cannot write this:

instance.THIS :*2+~# IS OBVIOUSLY INVALID = 123

(oh, and its: PythonWin 2.3.3 (#51, Dec 18 2003, 20:22:39) [MSC v.1200
32 bit (Intel)] on win32.)

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