Aug. 23, 2010
10:17 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 7:49 AM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman@voidspace.org.uk> wrote:
Certainly that is true for len. getattr obviously involves invoking code if you are fetching a property or descriptor. No idea how you conclude that hasattr executing code adds flexibility to the language though.
Proxy objects like the one in the weakref module don't work if hasattr() doesn't implicitly invoke __getattr__. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia