__getattr__ functionality for modules?

Aahz aahz at pythoncraft.com
Sun May 18 18:55:20 EDT 2003


In article <squfcv03b21tog08han1nan2bbnr1pj5vt at 4ax.com>,
Stefan Franke  <franke at ableton.com> wrote:
>
>Is there a way to achieve for modules what overriding __getattr__ does
>for classes?

Nope, and Guido is violently opposed to making this possible.  Why not
just use a class?

(To Alex, Stefan isn't about using getattr(), he's asking about
<module>.__getattr__())
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