[pygtk] getattr confusion

[Greg Ewing]

Donn wrote:
> 3.     return getattr(self, property.name)
> 
> How does it differ from just 
> using "return self.property.name"?

The getattr function uses the run-time value of
the given expression as the name of the attribute.
So, for example, if property.name has the value
"spam", then getattr(self, property.name) is
equivalent to self.spam.

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