Is except: ... pass bad style?

[Heiko Wundram]

Am Donnerstag, 9. September 2004 19:56 schrieb marduk:
> myobj.__dict__.get('method', lambda : None)()

This won't work when inheritance is in play. See for yourself:

>>> class x(object):
...   def method(self):
...     return "I was called!"
...
>>> class y(x):
...   pass
...
>>> a = y()
>>> a.method()
'I was called!'
>>> a.__dict__.get("method",lambda: None)()
>>> a.__dict__.get("method")

So, use getattr, which properly walks the inheritance tree:

>>> getattr(a,"method",lambda: None)()
'I was called!'

Heiko.