getattr(foo, 'foobar') not the same as foo.foobar?

[Erik Max Francis]

Dave Kuhlman wrote:

> Basically, the above code is saying that foo.foobar is not the same as
> getattr(foo, 'foobar').

Python promises that the behavior is the same.  It does not promise that 
the _objects_ will be the same, which is what `is` determines.  That is, 
you're not doing a useful test here.

In Python, bound methods are dynamically generated.

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