[Python-Dev] Python 2.2a* getattr suggestion and question

[Guido van Rossum]

> Well, now every attr access goes thru __getattr__-method,
> so this could cause situations which give not so clear
> diagnostics:

Please update to 2.2a4.  Every new-style instance attribute access
goes throuh __getattribute__; __getattr__ does the same as for classic
classes.

It's true that if you screw with __getattribute__, you'll still break
your objects; but that's hard to avoid given how things work.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)