Steven D'Aprano wrote: > >>>>>class Parrot(object): > >> > >> ... thing = [1,2,3] > >> ... > >> > >>>>>getattr(Parrot, "thing") is Parrot.thing > >> > >> True > >> > >>>>>getattr(Parrot, "__dict__") is Parrot.__dict__ > >> > >> False > > > > > > hint: > >>>> getattr(object, '__dict__') > > <dictproxy object at 0x2aaaaab2ff30> > > That doesn't answer the question, it just re-words it. Why is the > dictproxy returned by getattr a different instance from the dictproxy > that you get when you say object.__dict__?
because it's created on the fly: >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x009818B0> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x00981A10> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x009818B0> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x00981A10> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x009818B0> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x00981A10> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x009818B0> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x00981A10> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x009818B0> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x00981A10> >>> Parrot.__dict__ <dictproxy object at 0x009818B0> the object itself contains a dictionary. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
