[Python-Dev] PEP 463: Exception-catching expressions

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Antoine Pitrou writes:
 > On Sat, 22 Feb 2014 22:13:58 +1100
 > Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:

 > > hasattr(x,"y") <-> (x.y or True except AttributeError: False)

 > But it's not the same. hasattr() returns a boolean, not an arbitrary
 > value.

I think he meant 

    hasattr(x,"y") <-> (x.y and True except AttributeError: False)