[Python-Dev] Issue10403 - using 'attributes' instead of members in documentation (original) (raw)

Nick Coghlan ncoghlan at gmail.com
Tue Jun 28 15:37:34 CEST 2011


On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk> wrote:

Technically also via getattribute when overridden.

Since object.getattribute is the hook that implements the entire attribute lookup protocol, all attributes are technically retrieved via getattribute (which is why overriding it correctly can be such a PITA). That's also the hook type() overrides to make class attribute lookup differ from ordinary instance lookup.

Cheers, Nick.

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