__getattr__ question

[Ben Finney]

Laszlo Nagy <gandalf at designaproduct.biz> writes:

> This is from the Python documentation (fragment):
> 
> __getattr__(     self, name)
>     Called when an attribute lookup has not found the attribute in the 
> usual places (i.e. it is not an instance attribute nor is it found in 
> the class tree for self). name is the attribute name. This method should 
> return the (computed) attribute value or raise an AttributeError exception.
> 
> 
> How can I determine if an attribute can be found in the usual places? 

When the attribute is not found in the usual places, the object's
__getattr__ method (if it has one) is called. Thus, when you write
your __getattr__ method, you should assume that the attribute has not
been found in the usual places.

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Ben Finney