Counting method calls

[chris.monsanto at gmail.com]

On Sep 21, 7:15 pm, Ricardo Aráoz <ricar... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I know I'm being dumb but, why does it not work?
>
> >>> class MyList(list):
>
> ...     def __init__(self):
> ...         self.calls = 0
> ...     def __getattr__(self, name):
> ...         self.calls += 1
> ...         return list.__getattribute__(self, name)
>
> >>> a = MyList()
> >>> a
> []
> >>> a.append(1)
> >>> a
> [1]
> >>> a.calls
> 88
> >>> a.append(3)
> >>> a.calls
> 88
> >>> a.sort()
> >>> a
> [1, 3]
> >>> a.calls
>
> 176
>
> TIA

__getattr__ only works for attributes that don't exist. The name is
sorta confusing...