[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-420304 ] getattr function w/ default

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Bugs item #420304, was updated on 2001-04-30 17:14
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Category: Python Interpreter Core
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Greg Chapman (glchapman)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: getattr function w/ default

Initial Comment:
In Python 2.1, when calling the builtin getattr 
function and supplying the (optional) default 
argument, this default is returned on any exception 
raised during PyObject_GetAttr, even if the exception 
is not an AttributeError.  I did not expect this 
behavior after reading the getattr documentation.  Is 
this the  intended behavior?  (If so, I think the 
documentation should be made clearer on this point.)

Example (providing a non-string as the attribute name):

>>> class Test:
... 	pass
... 
>>> t = Test()
>>> getattr(t, 1, "hello")
'hello'
>>> 


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