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From: Rodrick Brown <rodrick.brown@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 10:54:02 -0500
Subject: When is overriding __getattr__ is useful?
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Can someone provide an example why one would want to override __getattr__
and __getattribute__ in a class?

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