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[Python-Dev] 'hasattr' is broken by design

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2010/8/23 Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>:
> To me hasattr *looks* like a passive introspection function, and the fact
> that it can trigger arbitrary code execution is unfortunate - especially
> because a full workaround is pretty arcane.

That's the danger of a dynamic language like Python. Even dir() can
now trigger things like that.


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Regards,
Benjamin

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