[Python-Dev] Summary of "dynamic attribute access" discussion

[Josiah Carlson]

Ron Adam <rrr at ronadam.com> wrote:
> Georg Brandl wrote:
> Would it be possible for attrview to be a property?

Yes, but getting the right spelling will be hard.

> Something like...  (Probably needs more than this to handle all cases.)
> 
>      class obj(object):
>          def _attrview(self):
>              return self.__dict__
>          attr = property(_attrview)

This doesn't handle descriptors, slots, non-dynamic instance methods, or
even objects without a __dict__ .  Generally speaking, you need a
wrapper object.


 - Josiah