Make readonly members defined in C throw an AttributeError on modification. This brings them into sync with Python-level attributes. Fixes bug #1687163.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index 6cd8ccd..eec4e40 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -1857,13 +1857,13 @@
for attr in "__doc__", "fget", "fset", "fdel":
try:
setattr(raw, attr, 42)
- except TypeError as msg:
+ except AttributeError as msg:
if str(msg).find('readonly') < 0:
raise TestFailed("when setting readonly attr %r on a "
- "property, got unexpected TypeError "
+ "property, got unexpected AttributeError "
"msg %r" % (attr, str(msg)))
else:
- raise TestFailed("expected TypeError from trying to set "
+ raise TestFailed("expected AttributeError from trying to set "
"readonly %r attr on a property" % attr)
class D(object):