> i find it difficult to understand the difference between the magic methods > __getattr__ and __getattribute__ > and so donot know when to use former or later.
>From the docs: __getattr__(self, name) Called when an attribute lookup has not found the attribute in the usual places (i.e. it is not an instance attribute nor is it found in the class tree for self). __getattribute__(self, name) Called unconditionally to implement attribute accesses for instances of the class. Please see http://docs.python.org/ref/new-style-attribute-access.html and http://docs.python.org/ref/attribute-access.html HTH, Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
