Terry Reedy wrote: > > "J. David Ibanez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Given that the behavior of hasattr is clearly defined in Lib Manual > 2.1 as equivalent to > > def hasattr(obj, name): > try: > getattr(obj, name) > return True > except: > return False > > I am not sure what could be confusing about it. It is a simple > getattr wrapper converting 'got something' to True and 'did not get > anything' (raised an exception instead) to False. Users should know > this so they don't wastefully write 'if hasattr(o,n): x = > getattr(o,n)'
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