Uniform Function Call Syntax (UFCS)

[Ian Kelly]

On Jun 8, 2014 9:56 PM, "Steven D'Aprano"
> > which means that hasattr (which is defined by
> > attempting to get the attribute and seeing if an exception is thrown)
> > has to return True.
>
> Yes. And this is a problem why?

Earlier in this thread I pointed out that returning True creates problems
for duck typing. But I'm now convinced that's preferable to making getattr
and hasattr inconsistent.
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