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"Pierre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I don't want to use getattr(object, property, default_value) because
> I'm using external code and I don't want to modify or patch it.
You can subclass the class you want to modify, and override its behaviour.
class ScaryExternalThing(object):
""" The external class we don't want to modify. """
class OurModifiedFriendlyThing(ScaryExternalThing):
""" Class for use by our code. """
attr_defaults = {
'foo': "eggs",
'bar': "beans",
}
def __getattr__(self, name):
""" Method invoked when getting an unknown attribute """
value = attr_defaults.get(name, "spam")
return value
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