[Tutor] __getattr__(): Is this right?

[Kent Johnson]

Allen Fowler wrote:
> I seem to be having an issue with __getattr__() being called even if the 
> proporite already exists... I thought that this was not supposed to happen.
> 
> Is there a typo somewhere, or I do i misunderstand things?
> 
> class someclass(object):
> 
>     
>     def __init__(self, **kargs):
>       
>         self.valid_props =  [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ]
>         
>         for prop in self.valid_props:
>             if kargs.has_key(prop):
>                 self.__setattr__(prop, kargs[prop])
>     
>     def __getattr__(self,attr):
>         if attr in self.valid_props:
>             # This print should throw an exception,
>             # but it does not. It shows the value.
>             print "Oh no.. This was not found: %s" % self.__dict__[attr]
>             return 'n/a'
>         else:
>             raise AttributeError, attr

It works as I expect:
In [28]: s=someclass(foo='FOO')
In [29]: s.foo
Out[29]: 'FOO'
In [30]: s.bar
------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<ipython console>", line 1, in <module>
   File "<ipython console>", line 11, in __getattr__
<type 'exceptions.KeyError'>: 'bar'

What did you try? What happened? What did you expect?

Kent