bpo-30533:Add function inspect.getmembers_static that does not call properties or dynamic properties. (#20911)

* Add function inspect.getmembers_static that does not call properties or dynamic
properties.

* update _getmembers args

* Update Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-06-16-18-00-56.bpo-30533.StL57t.rst

Co-authored-by: Itamar Ostricher <itamarost@gmail.com>

* Update Lib/inspect.py

Co-authored-by: Itamar Ostricher <itamarost@gmail.com>

* Removes the copy pasted doc string

Co-authored-by: Itamar Ostricher <itamarost@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Dino Viehland <dinoviehland@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/inspect.py b/Lib/inspect.py
index dd89111..1eb2f2b 100644
--- a/Lib/inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/inspect.py
@@ -440,9 +440,7 @@ def isabstract(object):
                 return True
     return False
 
-def getmembers(object, predicate=None):
-    """Return all members of an object as (name, value) pairs sorted by name.
-    Optionally, only return members that satisfy a given predicate."""
+def _getmembers(object, predicate, getter):
     if isclass(object):
         mro = (object,) + getmro(object)
     else:
@@ -465,7 +463,7 @@ def getmembers(object, predicate=None):
         # like calling their __get__ (see bug #1785), so fall back to
         # looking in the __dict__.
         try:
-            value = getattr(object, key)
+            value = getter(object, key)
             # handle the duplicate key
             if key in processed:
                 raise AttributeError
@@ -484,6 +482,25 @@ def getmembers(object, predicate=None):
     results.sort(key=lambda pair: pair[0])
     return results
 
+def getmembers(object, predicate=None):
+    """Return all members of an object as (name, value) pairs sorted by name.
+    Optionally, only return members that satisfy a given predicate."""
+    return _getmembers(object, predicate, getattr)
+
+def getmembers_static(object, predicate=None):
+    """Return all members of an object as (name, value) pairs sorted by name
+    without triggering dynamic lookup via the descriptor protocol,
+    __getattr__ or __getattribute__. Optionally, only return members that
+    satisfy a given predicate.
+    
+    Note: this function may not be able to retrieve all members
+       that getmembers can fetch (like dynamically created attributes)
+       and may find members that getmembers can't (like descriptors
+       that raise AttributeError). It can also return descriptor objects
+       instead of instance members in some cases.
+    """
+    return _getmembers(object, predicate, getattr_static)
+
 Attribute = namedtuple('Attribute', 'name kind defining_class object')
 
 def classify_class_attrs(cls):