py2.1->py2.3.3 __getattr__ confusion

[Michael Hudson]

Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> writes:

> Holger Joukl wrote:
> 
> > an
> >>AttributeError instead of the current KeyError for nonexistent attributes.
> > 
> > Thank you! Hmm, did I overlook that in the what?s new/release notes?
> 
> I would think that code built on the assumption that arbitrary Exceptions
> get masked by getattr() is buggy and above quote from cvs supports this
> view. It's not a feature, it's a bug (fix).

Code that eats arbitrary exceptions is very, very evil.  So there!

Cheers,
mwh

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