--- c:/python27/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py_ Fri Feb 24 21:58:42 2012 +++ c:/python27/Lib/ctypes/__init__.py Sat Oct 04 06:10:52 2014 @@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ if name.startswith('__') and name.endswith('__'): raise AttributeError(name) func = self.__getitem__(name) - setattr(self, name, func) return func def __getitem__(self, name_or_ordinal):