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Patch [ 1230615 ] Patch for (Doc) #1168746

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Bug [ 1204734 ] incorrect description of __getattribute__
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Georg Brandl 2005-07-02 10:27:31 +00:00
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@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ cause the function to execute until it provides a value using the
have reached the end of the set of values to be returned.
\item[Built-in functions]
A built-in function object is a wrapper around a \C{} function. Examples
A built-in function object is a wrapper around a C function. Examples
of built-in functions are \function{len()} and \function{math.sin()}
(\module{math} is a standard built-in module).
The number and type of the arguments are
@ -917,14 +917,16 @@ the code object).
\ttindex{f_builtins}
\ttindex{f_restricted}}
Special writable attributes: \member{f_trace}, if not \code{None}, is a
function called at the start of each source code line (this is used by
the debugger); \member{f_exc_type}, \member{f_exc_value},
\member{f_exc_traceback} represent the most recent exception caught in
this frame; \member{f_lineno} is the current line number of the frame
--- writing to this from within a trace function jumps to the given line
(only for the bottom-most frame). A debugger can implement a Jump
command (aka Set Next Statement) by writing to f_lineno.
Special writable attributes: \member{f_trace}, if not \code{None}, is
a function called at the start of each source code line (this is used
by the debugger); \member{f_exc_type}, \member{f_exc_value},
\member{f_exc_traceback} represent the last exception raised in the
parent frame provided another exception was ever raised in the current
frame (in all other cases they are None); \member{f_lineno} is the
current line number of the frame --- writing to this from within a
trace function jumps to the given line (only for the bottom-most
frame). A debugger can implement a Jump command (aka Set Next
Statement) by writing to f_lineno.
\withsubitem{(frame attribute)}{
\ttindex{f_trace}
\ttindex{f_exc_type}
@ -1335,8 +1337,9 @@ The following methods only apply to new-style classes.
\begin{methoddesc}[object]{__getattribute__}{self, name}
Called unconditionally to implement attribute accesses for instances
of the class. If the class also defines \method{__getattr__}, it will
never be called (unless called explicitly).
of the class. If the class also defines \method{__getattr__}, the latter
will not be called unless \method{__getattribute__()} either calls it
explicitly or raises an \exception{AttributeError}.
This method should return the (computed) attribute
value or raise an \exception{AttributeError} exception.
In order to avoid infinite recursion in this method, its