[Python-Dev] Requesting pronouncement on PEP 463: Exception-catching expressions

[Nikolaus Rath]

Tres Seaver <tseaver at palladion.com> writes:
> On 03/12/2014 04:49 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> You can use hasattr() in place of AttributeError
>
> I use:
>
>  getattr(subject, attrname, default)?
>
> *all the time*.

In my opinion that's almost as ugly, because it still forces you to
specify the attribute name as a string rather than an identifier.


Best,
Nikolaus

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