dmitrey <dmitrey.kros...@scipy.org> wrote: >> e.g. one that just looks in the object's dictionary so as to avoid >> returning true for properties or other such fancy attributes. > > So can anyone explain me how to look into object's dict? As I have > wrote, "something in dir(...)" requires O(numOfFields) while I would > like to use o(log(n))
O(1) might be even better. Try this: def dmitry_hasattr(obj, name): """Checks for existence of an attribute directly in an object's dictionary. Doesn't see all attributes but doesn't have side effects.""" d = getattr(obj, '__dict__') if d is not None: return name in d return False -- Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list