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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 |