bpo-8722: Document __getattr__ behavior with AttributeError in property (GH-4754)

When `__getattr__` is implemented, attribute lookup will always fall back to that,
even if the initial failure comes from `__getattribute__` or a descriptor's `__get__`
method (including property methods).

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
index 25b95c1..8420fb6 100644
--- a/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
+++ b/Doc/reference/datamodel.rst
@@ -1463,10 +1463,12 @@ access (use of, assignment to, or deletion of ``x.name``) for class instances.
 
 .. method:: object.__getattr__(self, name)
 
-   Called when an attribute lookup has not found the attribute in the usual places
-   (i.e. it is not an instance attribute nor is it found in the class tree for
-   ``self``).  ``name`` is the attribute name. This method should return the
-   (computed) attribute value or raise an :exc:`AttributeError` exception.
+   Called when the default attribute access fails with an :exc:`AttributeError`
+   (either :meth:`__getattribute__` raises an :exc:`AttributeError` because
+   *name* is not an instance attribute or an attribute in the class tree
+   for ``self``; or :meth:`__get__` of a *name* property raises
+   :exc:`AttributeError`).  This method should either return the (computed)
+   attribute value or raise an :exc:`AttributeError` exception.
 
    Note that if the attribute is found through the normal mechanism,
    :meth:`__getattr__` is not called.  (This is an intentional asymmetry between