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  Re: intX.__str__() ?? Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-24 13:09 -0500
    Re: intX.__str__() ?? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-02-24 18:23 +0000
      Re: intX.__str__() ?? Mitya Sirenef <msirenef@lightbird.net> - 2013-02-24 13:44 -0500

#39766 — Re: intX.__str__() ??

On 02/24/2013 12:29 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
>
 > I think he's maintaining existing code. It's unfortunate that his first
 > exposure to python is code written by someone else in such a poor style,
 > and in a way that definitely isn't pythonic. No wonder he's struggling
 > to like python! Though I'm sure since his recent experience has been
 > exclusively in C# that he probably uses hungarian notation as a matter
 > of course. A hard habit to break! Is this a good time to introduce him
 > to duck typing? Probably not.
 >
 > Another way to explain the double underscore methods is that they are
 > how things like operator overloading is performed. Want to make a class
 > that you can use the [index] notation on instances? Define the
 > __get_attr__() method. And to define a class that you can then use

small correction: it should be __getattr__()


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On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:09:56 -0500, Mitya Sirenef wrote:

> On 02/24/2013 12:29 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:

>  > Another way to explain the double underscore methods is that they are
>  > how things like operator overloading is performed. Want to make a
>  > class that you can use the [index] notation on instances? Define the
>  > __get_attr__() method. And to define a class that you can then use
> 
> small correction: it should be __getattr__()


Correct correction: it should be __getitem__ to override instance[item] 
access. __getattr__ is for overriding instance.attribute.


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Steven

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#39770

On 02/24/2013 01:23 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:09:56  -0500, Mitya Sirenef wrote:
 >
 >> On 02/24/2013 12:29 PM, Michael Torrie wrote:
 >
 >> > Another way to explain the double underscore methods is that they are
 >> > how things like operator overloading is performed. Want to make a
 >> > class that you can use the [index] notation on instances? Define the
 >> > __get_attr__() method. And to define a class that you can then use
 >>
 >> small correction: it should be __getattr__()
 >
 >
 > Correct correction: it should be __getitem__ to override instance[item]
 > access. __getattr__ is for overriding instance.attribute.
 >
 >


Oh, yes.. I guess it pays to read more than a single sentence
when making corrections! -m


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