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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-09-22 17:10:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 2001-09-22 17:10:44 (GMT) |
| commit | 380bad1b4e363f3b7c23677981e19e1fa3aded1b (patch) | |
| tree | bd80236d5d29b629bcbe03ae0f45c1198b9ae77d /Misc | |
| parent | e0b2d7ac9aea548d0bee1cdabd5d7b1254a6569d (diff) | |
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Add note about __getattribute__.
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@@ -19,6 +19,15 @@ Core constructor, with the same signature as the builtin open() function. file() is now the preferred way to open a file. +- In 2.2a3, *for new-style classes only*, __getattr__ was called for + every attribute access. This was confusing because it differed + significantly from the behavior of classic classes, where it was + only called for missing attributes. Now, __getattr__ is called only + if regular attribute access raises AttributeError; to catch *all* + attribute access, *for new-style classes only*, you can use + __getattribute__. If both are defined, __getattribute__ is called + first, and if it raises AttributeError, __getattr__ is called. + - In 2.2a3, __new__ would only see sequential arguments passed to the type in a constructor call; __init__ would see both sequential and positional arguments. This made no sense whatsoever any more, so |