Change the name of the __getattr__ special method for new-style

classes to __getattribute__, to make it crystal-clear that it doesn't
have the same semantics as overriding __getattr__ on classic classes.

This is a halfway checkin -- I'll proceed to add a __getattr__ hook
that works the way it works in classic classes.

Lib/test/test_descr.py

@@ -678,9 +678,9 @@ def pymods():
     class MM(MT):
         def __init__(self):
             MT.__init__(self)
-        def __getattr__(self, name):
+        def __getattribute__(self, name):
             log.append(("getattr", name))
-            return MT.__getattr__(self, name)
+            return MT.__getattribute__(self, name)
         def __setattr__(self, name, value):
             log.append(("setattr", name, value))
             MT.__setattr__(self, name, value)
@@ -881,8 +881,8 @@ def dynamics():
         if name == "spam":
             return "spam"
         else:
-            return object.__getattr__(self, name)
-    C.__getattr__ = mygetattr
+            return object.__getattribute__(self, name)
+    C.__getattribute__ = mygetattr
     verify(a.spam == "spam")
     a.new = 12
     verify(a.new == 12)
@@ -1105,11 +1105,11 @@ def overloading():
 
     class C(B):
 
-        def __getattr__(self, name):
+        def __getattribute__(self, name):
             if name == "foo":
                 return ("getattr", name)
             else:
-                return B.__getattr__(self, name)
+                return B.__getattribute__(self, name)
         def __setattr__(self, name, value):
             if name == "foo":
                 self.setattr = (name, value)

Lib/test/test_descrtut.py

@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ Instead, you can get the same information from the list type:
      '__delitem__',
      '__eq__',
      '__ge__',
-     '__getattr__',
+     '__getattribute__',
      '__getitem__',
      '__getslice__',
      '__gt__',

Objects/typeobject.c

@@ -2061,8 +2061,8 @@ static struct wrapperbase tab_repr[] = {
 };
 
 static struct wrapperbase tab_getattr[] = {
-	{"__getattr__", (wrapperfunc)wrap_binaryfunc,
-	 "x.__getattr__('name') <==> x.name"},
+	{"__getattribute__", (wrapperfunc)wrap_binaryfunc,
+	 "x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name"},
 	{0}
 };
 
@@ -2877,7 +2877,7 @@ slot_tp_getattro(PyObject *self, PyObject *name)
 	static PyObject *getattr_str = NULL;
 
 	if (getattr_str == NULL) {
-		getattr_str = PyString_InternFromString("__getattr__");
+		getattr_str = PyString_InternFromString("__getattribute__");
 		if (getattr_str == NULL)
 			return NULL;
 	}
@@ -3196,7 +3196,7 @@ override_slots(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *dict)
 	TPSLOT("__hash__", tp_hash, slot_tp_hash);
 	TPSLOT("__call__", tp_call, slot_tp_call);
 	TPSLOT("__str__", tp_str, slot_tp_str);
-	TPSLOT("__getattr__", tp_getattro, slot_tp_getattro);
+	TPSLOT("__getattribute__", tp_getattro, slot_tp_getattro);
 	TPSLOT("__setattr__", tp_setattro, slot_tp_setattro);
 	TPSLOT("__lt__", tp_richcompare, slot_tp_richcompare);
 	TPSLOT("__le__", tp_richcompare, slot_tp_richcompare);