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Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2013 12:00:50 +1100
Subject: Re: __getattr__ Confusion
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On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Saul Spatz <saul.spatz@gmail.com> wrote:
> class Adder():             # python 2.7, classic class
>
> Why does this work for __add__ and not for __getattr__?

Is this a case of "why bother trying to understand it, just use
new-style classes"? They do make more sense in many ways.

ChrisA