> There is no "default" or "normal" __getattr__. __getattr__ is defined only > when you need "abnormal" ways of getting an attribute. Do you mean it only gets defined when standard (instance & class based) searching methods fail? > > If I try a similar thing to this, I always end up getting the 'old' one > > being defined as just the 'raise' statement. > > Thats because ObjectManager doesn't have a __getattr__ . The good > thing with Object Manager doesn't specifically, but Implicit does, you can see it if you print out its '__class__.__dict__'.
> this is that you don't have to bother about calling the normal __getattr__. > You only need to implement __getattr__ if you want data that isn't > attributes and has names that are only defined in runtime, to look like they > are attributes. Exactly what I need! :-) Thankfully these methods that I need defined at runtime only come from one other object, so it appears I can override the __of__ method to work the magic for me in conjunction with containment acquisition. Thanks, JB. _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://lists.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
