Counting method calls

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ricardo_Ar=E1oz?=]

Hi, I know I'm being dumb but, why does it not work?

>>class MyList(list):

.... def __init__(self):
.... self.calls = 0
.... def __getattr__(self, name):
.... self.calls += 1
.... return list.__getattribute__(self, name)

>>a = MyList()
a

[]

>>a.append(1)
a

[1]

>>a.calls

88

>>a.append(3)
a.calls

88

>>a.sort()
a

[1, 3]

>>a.calls

176
TIA

[chris.monsanto]

On Sep 21, 7:15 pm, Ricardo Aráoz <[e-mail]:

Hi, I know I'm being dumb but, why does it not work?

>class MyList(list):

... def __init__(self):
... self.calls = 0
... def __getattr__(self, name):
... self.calls += 1
... return list.__getattribute__(self, name)

>a = MyList()
a

[]

>a.append(1)
a

[1]

>a.calls

88

>a.append(3)
a.calls

88

>a.sort()
a

[1, 3]

>a.calls

176

TIA

__getattr__ only works for attributes that don't exist. The name is
sorta confusing...