Python __getattr__ And __name__

I'm using 'new style' classes in Python 2.6 and am having trouble with __getattr__ in a subclass. If the subclass implements like such... def __getattr__(self, name): if self._

Solution 1:

__name__ is predefined for class objects, not instances, and you don't define __name__ anywhere before trying to read it. So _getattr__ is called (since __name__ can't be found via normal lookup) and results in an exception. I suspect that what you actually want is:

...
def printName(self):
    Base.printMsg('#', self.__class__.__name__)
    return
...