Hi,
I wonder what is the difference between the built-in function
getattr() and the normal call of a function of a class. Here is the
details:
getattr( object, name[, default])
Return the value of the named attributed of object. name must be a
string. If the string is the name of one of the object's attributes,
the result is the value of that attribute. For example, getattr(x,
'foobar') is equivalent to x.foobar. If the named attribute does not
exist, default is returned if provided, otherwise AttributeError is
raised.
Is that to say the only difference between the two is that no
matter the specific function exists or not the built-in func will
always return a value, but "class.function " will not?
3  2075 
Johnny wrote: Hi,
I wonder what is the difference between the built-in function
getattr() and the normal call of a function of a class. Here is the
details:
getattr( object, name[, default])
Return the value of the named attributed of object. name must be a
string. If the string is the name of one of the object's attributes,
the result is the value of that attribute. For example, getattr(x,
'foobar') is equivalent to x.foobar. If the named attribute does not
exist, default is returned if provided, otherwise AttributeError is
raised.
Is that to say the only difference between the two is that no
matter the specific function exists or not the built-in func will
always return a value, but "class.function " will not?
No, it will only return _always_ a value if you provide a default one.
If not, they have the exact same semantics.
What you've got here is something usually called "syntactic sugaring" -
a specialized syntax that performs certain instructions that _could_ be
done by hand - but the concise syntax is (supposedly, and certainly in
this case) easier to read/write/understand.
There are others - e.g. list comprehensions or a < b < c.
Regards,
Diez
Diez B. Roggisch wrote: No, it will only return _always_ a value if you provide a default one.
If not, they have the exact same semantics.
What you've got here is something usually called "syntactic sugaring" -
a specialized syntax that performs certain instructions that _could_ be
done by hand - but the concise syntax is (supposedly, and certainly in
this case) easier to read/write/understand.
There are others - e.g. list comprehensions or a < b < c.
Regards,
Diez
Cool~
Thanks for showing me the "syntactic sugaring":)
Johnny wrote: Hi,
I wonder what is the difference between the built-in function
getattr() and the normal call of a function of a class. Here is the
details:
getattr( object, name[, default])
Return the value of the named attributed of object. name must be a
string. If the string is the name of one of the object's attributes,
the result is the value of that attribute. For example, getattr(x,
'foobar') is equivalent to x.foobar. If the named attribute does not
exist, default is returned if provided, otherwise AttributeError is
raised.
Is that to say the only difference between the two is that no
matter the specific function exists or not the built-in func will
always return a value, but "class.function " will not?
No, getattr(object, name) will raise an AttributeError if the attribute
doesn't exist; no value will be returned. When getattr(object, name,
default) is called, then a value will be returned regardless of whether
or not the attribute exists (but possibly something else may go wrong).
In terms of practice, the getattr() form allows you to specify the
attribute at run-time rather than write-time. You can do things like
iterate over a list of attributes.
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