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		gpderetta 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Python 3.15's JIT is now back on track ok, then it is nuts that __getattr__ (itself a specially blessed function) is not required to be pure at least from the caller point of view.

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Ardren 2 days ago [–]

If it was it wouldn't be Python. It can never be pure because __getattr__ is just another method that anyone can overwrite.

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