-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Lotze wrote: > Jim Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I would change it to just use getattr rather than hasattr. >> >> try: >> getattr(ob, name) >> except AttributeError: >> return False >> ... > > This doesn't handle the case that the attribute exists as a property > but raises an AttributeError when trying to produce its value.
What is the difference? Any property which raises an attribute error is broken, and does not satisfy the contract of the interface: it might as well not be there at all. On a de gustibus note, I would have spelled it without the try: return getattr(ob, name, ob) is not ob Tres. - -- =================================================================== Tres Seaver +1 540-429-0999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Palladion Software "Excellence by Design" http://palladion.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFI9hhp+gerLs4ltQ4RAvYYAJkBpvcecqFmmSf9c9KMtPITnocOgQCghD71 irczDNf47QMt2qXB6LuBPKw= =Atrg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Zope-Dev maillist - Zope-Dev@zope.org http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-dev ** No cross posts or HTML encoding! ** (Related lists - http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope-announce http://mail.zope.org/mailman/listinfo/zope )
