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From: Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2013 05:04:16 -0800
Subject: Re: Implement logic on object.attribute and object.attribute()
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On Sun, Nov 24, 2013 at 4:52 AM, Marc Aymerich <glicerinu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm playing with python internals to make objects behave like this:
>
> if I access to "object.attribute" I want to return the result of an
> HTTP GET request. However if i call "object.attribute()" I want an
> HTTP POST request to be executed.

Uh oh. What you want is impossible. You cannot call an attribute
without first accessing it. :(

-- Devin