Nathaniel Smith <n...@pobox.com> added the comment: Can I ask why this is a private API? It's extremely useful for extension modules too. For example, numpy has been carrying around a reimplementation of PyObject_GetAttr for years, exactly to avoid the cost of creating an AttributeError exception in common cases:
https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/master/numpy/core/src/private/get_attr_string.h (To emphasize the similarity, note that the code above used to be called PyArray_GetAttrString_SuppressException, until a refactoring last year: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/commit/69a423b23492ecf8471efc4e59ab8a93b03d8454. It's always been specifically used for looking up numpy-specific special methods like __array__, __array_interface__, etc., though, which is why it can get away with those shortcuts -- we know they usually aren't defined.) ---------- nosy: +njs _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue32571> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
