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diff --git a/lib/python2.7/idlelib/Delegator.py b/lib/python2.7/idlelib/Delegator.py
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+class Delegator:
+
+    # The cache is only used to be able to change delegates!
+
+    def __init__(self, delegate=None):
+        self.delegate = delegate
+        self.__cache = set()
+
+    def __getattr__(self, name):
+        attr = getattr(self.delegate, name) # May raise AttributeError
+        setattr(self, name, attr)
+        self.__cache.add(name)
+        return attr
+
+    def resetcache(self):
+        for key in self.__cache:
+            try:
+                delattr(self, key)
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
+        self.__cache.clear()
+
+    def setdelegate(self, delegate):
+        self.resetcache()
+        self.delegate = delegate