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

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Ron Adam schrieb:
> Would it be possible for attrview to be a property?

Sure. It might conflict with a proper name of an attribute, of course.

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

That wouldn't work: you really need to invoke the entire attribute 
lookup machinery (e.g. to find methods, invoke properties, and so
on). Also, for 2.6, it wouldn't support old-style classes.

Regards,
Martin