"wittempj at hotmail.com" <martin.witte at gmail.com> writes: > for new style classes __getattribute__ is defined, see eg. > http://www.python.org/2.2.3/descrintro.html Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> writes: > >>> object.__getattribute__ > <slot wrapper '__getattribute__' of 'object' objects> > > Ring any bells? Yes, of course. Thanks ;-) Thomas