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@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ Object Protocol
is equivalent to the Python expression ``hasattr(o, attr_name)``. This function
always succeeds.
- Note that exceptions which occur while calling :meth:`__getattr__` and
- :meth:`__getattribute__` methods will get suppressed.
- To get error reporting use :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttr()` instead.
+ .. note::
+
+ Exceptions that occur when this calls :meth:`~object.__getattr__` and
+ :meth:`~object.__getattribute__` methods are silently ignored.
+ For proper error handling, use :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttr` instead.
.. c:function:: int PyObject_HasAttrString(PyObject *o, const char *attr_name)
@@ -44,10 +46,12 @@ Object Protocol
is equivalent to the Python expression ``hasattr(o, attr_name)``. This function
always succeeds.
- Note that exceptions which occur while calling :meth:`__getattr__` and
- :meth:`__getattribute__` methods and creating a temporary string object
- will get suppressed.
- To get error reporting use :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttrString()` instead.
+ .. note::
+
+ Exceptions that occur when this calls :meth:`~object.__getattr__` and
+ :meth:`~object.__getattribute__` methods or while creating the temporary :class:`str`
+ object are silently ignored.
+ For proper error handling, use :c:func:`PyObject_GetAttrString` instead.
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyObject_GetAttr(PyObject *o, PyObject *attr_name)