"Frank Millman" wrote in message news:p321rb$9ct$1...@blaine.gmane.org...
"Peter Otten" wrote in message news:p31v3m$pji$1...@blaine.gmane.org...
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. Here is a brief history of how I have got to where I am now.
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My solution is to use __dict__ to get at the data. If there are any other options, I will be interested to hear them.
Now that I have read yours and Steve's replies properly, I realise that you were telling me the answer all along.
I just have to use vars(...) and it gives me the information I am looking for.
Thank you Frank -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
