Example of how to use __getattribute__(self,name) and __setattr__(self,name,val)

class_attribute_test.py

class Foo(object):

    def __getattribute__(self, name):
        print "getting attribute %s" % name
        return object.__getattribute__(self, name)

    def __setattr__(self, name, val):
        print "setting attribute %s to %r" % (name, val)
        return object.__setattr__(self, name, val)


"""
python -i class_attribute_test.py
>>> foo = Foo()
>>> foo.var = 100
setting attribute var to 100
>>> foo.name = 'stuart'
setting attribute name to 'stuart'
>>> bar = foo.var
getting attribute var
>>> foo.var = foo.name
getting attribute name
setting attribute var to 'stuart'
""""