On 4/1/2010 11:15 AM, Robert Madole wrote: > So I just wrote my 1-gazillionth "if hasattr('method', my_object):" and wanted badly to write this. > > if 'method' on my_object: If you do not need the superclass search provided by hasattr, if 'method' in my_object.__dict__: >>> '__add__' in int.__dict__ True But I otherwise agree with Nick. Terry Jan Reedy