From 950ff2923af04c5579775ac453f714cb4eb08ea1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 29 Jun 1998 13:38:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Experimental feature: add default argument to getattr(). --- Python/bltinmodule.c | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c index 85d8b375936..727f8d19946 100644 --- a/Python/bltinmodule.c +++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c @@ -669,18 +669,26 @@ builtin_getattr(self, args) PyObject *self; PyObject *args; { - PyObject *v; + PyObject *v, *result, *dflt = NULL; PyObject *name; - if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OS:getattr", &v, &name)) + if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "OS|O:getattr", &v, &name, &dflt)) return NULL; - return PyObject_GetAttr(v, name); + result = PyObject_GetAttr(v, name); + if (result == NULL && dflt != NULL) { + PyErr_Clear(); + Py_INCREF(dflt); + result = dflt; + } + return result; } static char getattr_doc[] = -"getattr(object, name) -> value\n\ +"getattr(object, name[, default]) -> value\n\ \n\ -Get a named attribute from an object; getattr(x, 'y') is equivalent to x.y."; +Get a named attribute from an object; getattr(x, 'y') is equivalent to x.y.\n\ +When a default argument is given, it is returned when the attribute doesn't\n\ +exist; without it, an exception is raised in that case."; static PyObject *