[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-718532 ] inspect, class instances and __getattr__
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Bugs item #718532, was opened at 2003-04-09 22:01
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Stefan Schwarzer (sschwarzer)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: inspect, class instances and __getattr__
Initial Comment:
inspect.isclass(class_instance) fails if the
corresponding class uses a "wildcard" implementation of
__getattr__.
Example:
Python 2.2.2 (#1, Nov 13 2002, 22:53:57)
[GCC 2.95.4 20020320 [FreeBSD]] on freebsd4
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> import inspect
>>> class X:
... def __getattr__(self, name):
... if name == 'foo':
... return 1
... if name == 'bar':
... return 2
... else:
... return "default"
...
>>> x = X()
>>> inspect.isclass(x)
1
The problematic expression in inspect.isclass is
hasattr(object, '__bases__') which returns a true value.
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>Comment By: Stefan Schwarzer (sschwarzer)
Date: 2003-04-15 10:01
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Hello Raymond, thanks for your reply. In fact, I'm also not
sure if it counts as a bug. I also suggested a patch (handle
__getattr__ requests for __bases__ with an AttributeError)
for for the SF project which causes/d the problem.
I think, if there's a better way to decide on "class-ness"
than now, the code in inspect should be changed.
Fortunately, it doesn't have to be backward-compatible,
because the module is always distributed with a certain
interpreter version.
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Comment By: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger)
Date: 2003-04-15 02:36
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Hmm. I'm not sure that counts as a bug. In an OO
language, it's a feature that objects can be made to look
like and be substituable for other types. In this case,
you've taught your object to be able to fake some classlike
behavior (having a __bases__ attribute).
OTOH, inspect could have a stronger test for classhood:
type(object) in (types.TypeType, types.ClassType)
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