New submission from David W. Lambert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/reference/datamodel.html#special-lookup
(After fixing the link to http://docs.python.org/3.0 at http://www.python.org/doc/ (and likewise the http://docs.python.org/whatsnew/3.0.html link.)... The comment that __getattribute__ is "Called unconditionally to implement attribute accesses for instances of the class" gave me hope that some combination of "meta" "super" and "sub" might let me access __getattribute__ for expression eval('obj + another_object') despite the special notes. I realize now the truth is that "__getattribute__ is NEVER accessible in pure python code when the code uses the syntax of a unary or binary operator such as a+b, ~a, len(a)." See most of the functions in this manual section. Also name hash, which doesn't find much explicit use but could well be the most used python functionality. Find a smooth way to replace my NEVER since code can obviously access __getattribute__ from the special function. Thank you, and great work! ---------- assignee: georg.brandl components: Documentation messages: 76867 nosy: LambertDW, georg.brandl severity: normal status: open title: improve __getattribute__ documentation type: feature request versions: Python 3.0 _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue4517> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
