Leif K-Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Why do I still need the getattr() func as below?
>>
> print getattr(os.path,"isdir").__doc__
>> Test whether a path is a directory
>
> You don't.
Correct
> getattr() is only useful when the attribute name is
> determined at runtime.
>
getattr()
"Jm lists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 12:36:10
+0800 didst step forth and proclaim thus:
> Hello,
>
> Since I can write the statement like:
>
> >>> print os.path.isdir.__doc__
> Test whether a path is a directory
>
> Why do I still need the getattr() func as below?
>
> >>> print g
Jm lists wrote:
> Since I can write the statement like:
>
print os.path.isdir.__doc__
> Test whether a path is a directory
>
> Why do I still need the getattr() func as below?
>
print getattr(os.path,"isdir").__doc__
> Test whether a path is a directory
You don't. getattr() is only us
Hello,
Since I can write the statement like:
>>> print os.path.isdir.__doc__
Test whether a path is a directory
Why do I still need the getattr() func as below?
>>> print getattr(os.path,"isdir").__doc__
Test whether a path is a directory
Thanks!
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Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:39:09 +0100, Mathias Panzenboeck wrote:
> > Yes, this is known. I think IronPython uses a specialized dictionary for
> > members, which prohibits
> > malformed names. I don't know if there will be such a dictionary in any
> > future CPython version
On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:39:09 +0100, Mathias Panzenboeck wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> There is an interesting skewness in python:
>>
>> class A(object): pass
>>
> a=A()
> setattr(a, '$foo', 17)
> getattr(a, '$foo')
>> 17
>>
>> But I can't write
> a.'$foo'
>>
>
> Yes, t
