[Python-Dev] type categories

[jepler@unpythonic.net]

On Mon, Aug 26, 2002 at 05:56:52PM -0400, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> > It gets harder if you want to remove a method or marker. The problem is 
> > that there is currently no way to mask inherited attributes. This will
> > require either a language extension that will allow you to del them or 
> > using some other convention for this purpose.
> 
> Can't you use this?
> 
> def B:
>    def foo(self): pass
> 
> def C:
>    foo = None # Don't implement foo

This comes closer:

    def raise_attributeerror(self):
        raise AttributeError

    RemoveAttribute = property(raise_attributeerror)

    class A:
        def f(self): print "method A.f"
        def g(self): print "method A.g"

    class B:
        f = RemoveAttribute

    a = A()
    b = B()
    a.f()
    a.g()
    print hasattr(b, "f"), hasattr(B, "f"), hasattr(b, "g"), hasattr(B, "g")
    try:
        b.f
    except AttributeError: print "b.f does not exist (correctly)"
    else: print "Expected AttributeError not raised"
    b.g()

writing 'b.f' will raise AttributeError, but unfortunately hasattr(B, 'f')
will still return True.

Jeff