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

[Guido van Rossum]

> Sure. Still, I think interpreter diagnostics should be pointing to the
> exact place of trouble. At least, __getattribute__ must appear somewhere
> in the traceback to give a hint where from __repr__ was attempted to be
> called.

When you write a faulty __getattribute__ that returns None instead of
raising AttributeError, it's not realistic to expect __getattribute__
to be in the stack trace.

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