I’ve recently read about the getattr() function. The problem is that I still can’t grasp the idea of its usage. The only thing I understand about getattr() is that getattr(li, "pop") is the same as calling li.pop.
I am trying to understand when to define __getattr__ or __getattribute__. The python documentation mentions __getattribute__ applies to new-style classes. What are new-style classes?
I want to override access to one variable in a class, but return all others normally. How do I accomplish this with __getattribute__?
What do I pass as the first parameter “object” to the function setattr(object, name, value), to set variables on the current module?
I have a class like:
I want to define a class containing read and write methods, which can be called as follows:
I’d like to be able to do something like this:
I want to override the __getattr__ method on a class to do something fancy but I don’t want to break the default behavior.
