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__getattr__ equivalent for methods

When an attribute is not found object.__getattr__ is called. Is there an equivalent way to intercept undefined methods?

Solution

  • Methods are attributes too. __getattr__ works the same for them:

    class A(object):

  def __getattr__(self, attr):
    print attr

    Then try:

    >>> a = A()
>>> a.thing
thing
>>> a.thing()
thing
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable