On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Saul Spatz <saul.spatz at gmail.com> wrote: > class Adder(): # python 2.7, classic class > > Why does this work for __add__ and not for __getattr__? Is this a case of "why bother trying to understand it, just use new-style classes"? They do make more sense in many ways. ChrisA