__getattr__, hasattr

[Fredrik Lundh]

Ionel Simionescu <ionel at psy.uva.nl> wrote:
> It seems that since one defines __getattr__,
> hasattr(obj, name) will happily answer 'yes' irrespective of the attribute
> name.

only if you define a __getattr__ that always
succeeds...

> This does not appear very sound to me.

why not?  if __getattr__ doesn't complain,
why should hasattr?

> Do I overlook anything?

probably ;-)

see the description of "hasattr" for more info:
http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html

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