Unexpected behaviour of getattr(obj, __dict__)

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:03:17 +0100, bruno at modulix wrote:

> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> I came across this unexpected behaviour of getattr for new style classes.
>> Example:
>> 
>> 
>>>>>class Parrot(object):
>> 
>> ...     thing = [1,2,3]
>> ...
>> 
>>>>>getattr(Parrot, "thing") is Parrot.thing
>> 
>> True
>> 
>>>>>getattr(Parrot, "__dict__") is Parrot.__dict__
>> 
>> False
> 
> 
> hint:
>>>> getattr(object, '__dict__')
> <dictproxy object at 0x2aaaaab2ff30>

That doesn't answer the question, it just re-words it. Why is the
dictproxy returned by getattr a different instance from the dictproxy that
you get when you say object.__dict__?



-- 
Steven.