__setattr__ and __getattr__ with derived classes

Anand anand_soliton at yahoo.com
Thu Dec 18 16:36:35 EST 2003


class base:
    def __setattr__(self,attr,key,*unexpected):
        print "Base Class :",attr,key,unexpected,self.__dict__
        self.__dict__[attr] = key
    def __getattr__(self,attr,*unexpected):
        print "Base Class :",attr,unexpected,self.__dict__
        return self.__dict__[attr]
    
class derived(base):
    def __setattr__(self,attr,key,*unexpected):
        print "Derived Class :",attr,key,unexpected,self.__dict__
        self.__dict__[attr] = key
##    def __getattr__(self,attr,*unexpected):
##        print "Derived Class :",attr,unexpected
##        return self.__dict__[attr]
    
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    c = derived()
    d = base()
    print 'No Init yet'
    def init(self):
     print 'inside init'
     self.test = None
     self.test1 = 'string'
     self.test2 = 2
     print self.test 
     print self.test1 
     print self.test2 
    def init2(self):
     print 'inside init 2'
     self.test = None
     self.test3 = 'string'
     self.test4 = 2
     print self.test 
##     print self.test1 
##     print self.test2
    base.__dict__['__init__'] = init
    c = derived()
    d = base()
    c.test
    d.test
    print "Base Had init"
    derived.__dict__['__init__'] = init2
    c = derived()
    d = base()
    print c.test1
    print d.test1
=======================================================
Output
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
No Init yet
inside init
Derived Class : test None () {}
Derived Class : test1 string () {'test': None}
Derived Class : test2 2 () {'test': None, 'test1': 'string'}
None
string
2
inside init
Base Class : test None () {}
Base Class : test1 string () {'test': None}
Base Class : test2 2 () {'test': None, 'test1': 'string'}
None
string
2
Base Had init
inside init 2
Derived Class : test None () {}
Derived Class : test3 string () {'test': None}
Derived Class : test4 2 () {'test': None, 'test3': 'string'}
None
inside init
Base Class : test None () {}
Base Class : test1 string () {'test': None}
Base Class : test2 2 () {'test': None, 'test1': 'string'} 
None
string
2
Base Class : test1 () {'test': None, 'test3': 'string', 'test4': 2}
=====================================================================
look at the self.__dict__ in __init__ method
Base Class : test2 2 () {'test': None, 'test1': 'string'}

Now how did it change to
Base Class : test1 () {'test': None, 'test3': 'string', 'test4': 2}
in __getattr_ method?

 
I get a key error after this point. the dictionary contents in base
class were just fine in the __init__ method. but when i call the
__getattr__ python is giving me a different dictionary!!!

Can someone explain what is happening?
i am using python 2.3.3




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