[Python-Dev] Attribute error: providing type name

[Alex Martelli]

On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Filip Gruszczyński <gruszczy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yeah, any time someone implements their own attribute lookup process for
>> a class (be it via __getattr__, __getattribute__ or the C equivalents),
>> it is up to the reimplementation to appropriately format their error
>> message if they raise AttributeError directly.
>
> I guess, this means that I have to go to Phil Thompson at Riverbank
> and try to convince him to change the message.

Yes, but he should be able to change it in one place (in sip, the C++
to Python wrapper generator he's also authored and uses for PyQt) AND
it would make sip even better, so he may want to put it on his
backlog.

Alex