On Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at 11:57 PM, Charles T. Smith <cts.private.ya...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I thought __getitem__() was invoked when an object is postfixed with an > expression in brackets: > > - abc[n] > > and __getattr__() was invoked when an object is postfixed with an dot: > > - abc.member
That would be normal (with the caveat that __getattr__ is called only if the attribute isn't found; __getattribute__ is called unconditionally). > but my __getitem__ is being invoked at this time, where there's no > subscript (going into a spiral recursion death): > > self.mcc = self.attrs.mcc > > Can anybody explain to me why __getitem__() would be invoked here? Can you post your entire class, or at least __getattr__? Also check superclasses, if there are any. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
