hasattr + __getattr__: I think this is Python bug

[Robert Kern]

On 7/20/10 11:39 AM, dmitrey wrote:
>> e.g. one that just looks in the object's dictionary so as to avoid returning true for properties or other such fancy attributes.
>
> So can anyone explain me how to look into object's dict? As I have
> wrote, "something in dir(...)" requires O(numOfFields) while I would
> like to use o(log(n))

('size' in obj.__dict__) is O(1) with a pretty low constant.

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Robert Kern

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