@@ -1463,10 +1463,12 @@ access (use of, assignment to, or deletion of ``x.name``) for class instances.
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1463 | 1463 | |
1464 | 1464 | .. method:: object.__getattr__(self, name) |
1465 | 1465 | |
1466 | | - Called when an attribute lookup has not found the attribute in the usual places |
1467 | | - (i.e. it is not an instance attribute nor is it found in the class tree for |
1468 | | - ``self``). ``name`` is the attribute name. This method should return the |
1469 | | - (computed) attribute value or raise an :exc:`AttributeError` exception. |
| 1466 | + Called when the default attribute access fails with an :exc:`AttributeError` |
| 1467 | + (either :meth:`__getattribute__` raises an :exc:`AttributeError` because |
| 1468 | + *name* is not an instance attribute or an attribute in the class tree |
| 1469 | + for ``self``; or :meth:`__get__` of a *name* property raises |
| 1470 | +:exc:`AttributeError`). This method should either return the (computed) |
| 1471 | + attribute value or raise an :exc:`AttributeError` exception. |
1470 | 1472 | |
1471 | 1473 | Note that if the attribute is found through the normal mechanism, |
1472 | 1474 | :meth:`__getattr__` is not called. (This is an intentional asymmetry between |
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