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OK, I didn't find anything documenting this change anywhere (obviously).

I read Guido's description of new-classes (www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.py)
and the various documentation, but either I overlooked it therein or it's talked 
about somewhere else.

I'm curious as to why special methods are treated specially in regards to this 
lookup.  Specifically for your example, why wouldn't you just use the 
__repr__ attribute of o if it exists, instead of o's class, just like it does for 
non-special methods?  Can you briefly explain this or provide me with a
reference?

Leaving this closed is OK with me since it's apparently known and expected... 
I'd just like to understand it a bit better.  Sorry for the bandwidth, and Thanks!