Frank Millman wrote: > Hi all > > I have read that one should not call dunder methods in application code. > > Does the same apply to dunder variables? I am thinking of the instance > attribute __dict__, which allows access to the contents of the instance. > > I only want to read from __dict__, not update it. Is this frowned upon?
Why would you care whether it is "frowned upon" if it's the best way to achieve something useful? So the real question is /what/ you are trying to do and what your options are. PS: vars(a) is the non-dunder equivalent of a.__dict__. Both have the same limitations, like failing with __slots__ and not seeing properties and class attributes. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
