From ea49de34c9e55f7356c71765f3674d140f348ff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:01:19 +0000 Subject: minor cleanup of example --- Doc/lib/libuser.tex | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libuser.tex b/Doc/lib/libuser.tex index 0d0ecb6..4e915a2 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libuser.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libuser.tex @@ -48,12 +48,14 @@ level can look for a variable \code{user.spam_verbose}, as follows: \begin{verbatim} import user -try: - verbose = user.spam_verbose # user's verbosity preference -except AttributeError: - verbose = 0 # default verbosity + +verbose = bool(getattr(user, "spam_verbose", 0)) \end{verbatim} +(The three-argument form of \function{getattr()} is used in case +the user has not defined \code{spam_verbose} in their +\file{.pythonrc.py} file.) + Programs with extensive customization needs are better off reading a program-specific customization file. -- cgit v0.12