[Zope-dev] __getattr__ and Acquisition

[Dieter Maurer]

Lennart Regebro writes:
 > ...
 > Because that's not how it's supposed to work. You can override __getattr__
 > to have special magick attributes. Acquisition is not a special magick
 > attribute. __getattr__ is only called when an attribute aren't found in a
 > "normal" way, and in the context of Zope, Acquicistion would be regarded as
 > normal. :-)
I had written the exact same statement some time ago. Nevertheless, it is
wrong :(
Now, I know it better:

      "__getattr__" is used before acquisition comes into play.


Dieter