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Hi, I know I'm being dumb but, why does it not work?

>>> class MyList(list):
.... def __init__(self):
.... self.calls = 0
.... def __getattr__(self, name):
.... self.calls += 1
.... return list.__getattribute__(self, name)

>>> a = MyList()
>>> a
[]
>>> a.append(1)
>>> a
[1]
>>> a.calls
88
>>> a.append(3)
>>> a.calls
88
>>> a.sort()
>>> a
[1, 3]
>>> a.calls
176


TIA

On Sep 21, 7:15 pm, Ricardo Aráoz <ricar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I know I'm being dumb but, why does it not work?
>
> >>> class MyList(list):
>
> ... def __init__(self):
> ... self.calls = 0
> ... def __getattr__(self, name):
> ... self.calls += 1
> ... return list.__getattribute__(self, name)
>
> >>> a = MyList()
> >>> a
> []
> >>> a.append(1)
> >>> a
> [1]
> >>> a.calls
> 88
> >>> a.append(3)
> >>> a.calls
> 88
> >>> a.sort()
> >>> a
> [1, 3]
> >>> a.calls
>
> 176
>
> TIA

__getattr__ only works for attributes that don't exist. The name is
sorta confusing...