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Re: __getattr__ Confusion

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Saul Spatz wrote:

> Thanks, Peter.  I realize this is getting sort of academic now, as I know
> how to do exactly what I want, but I'm still confused.  Is __getattr__ a
> special case then, even for classic classes?

Well, it never occured to me to try a per-instance __getattr__(), but you 
are about to answer your own question:
 
> class Adder():             # python 2.7, classic class
>   def __init__(self, x):
>     self.x = x
>     self.__add__= lambda other: Adder(self.x+other.x)
>     self.__getattr__ = lambda name: self.test(name)
> 
>   def __str__(self):
>     return str(self.x)
> 
>   def test(self, name):
>     print("Hello from test")
>     raise AttributeError
> 
> x = Adder(3)
> y = Adder(4)
> print(x+y)
> x.junk()
> 
> 7
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\Users\Saul\Documents\PythonProjects\test.py", line 18
> AttributeError: Adder instance has no attribute 'junk'
> 
> Why does this work for __add__ and not for __getattr__?

I don't know, I wasn't around when these decisions were made. It could be 
the initial performance tweak that would lead to a generalisation with 
newstyle classes. Or it is some kind of bootstrapping issue...

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__getattr__ Confusion Saul Spatz <saul.spatz@gmail.com> - 2013-02-03 17:08 -0800
  Re: __getattr__ Confusion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-04 12:28 +1100
  Re: __getattr__ Confusion Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-02-03 21:47 -0500
  Re: __getattr__ Confusion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-04 04:35 +0000
    Re: __getattr__ Confusion Saul Spatz <saul.spatz@gmail.com> - 2013-02-04 05:44 -0800
      Re: __getattr__ Confusion Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-02-04 15:15 +0100
        Re: __getattr__ Confusion Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-05 01:46 +1100
        Re: __getattr__ Confusion Saul Spatz <saul.spatz@gmail.com> - 2013-02-04 09:29 -0800
          Re: __getattr__ Confusion Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2013-02-04 19:23 +0100
          Re: __getattr__ Confusion Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-02-05 12:00 +1100
        Re: __getattr__ Confusion Saul Spatz <saul.spatz@gmail.com> - 2013-02-04 09:29 -0800

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