py/objtype: Remove comment about catching exc from user __getattr__.

Any exception raised in a user __getattr__ should be propagated out.  A
test is added to verify these semantics.

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/basics/getattr.py b/tests/basics/getattr.py
index a021e38fb..2257da3bf 100644
--- a/tests/basics/getattr.py
+++ b/tests/basics/getattr.py
@@ -9,3 +9,20 @@ class A:
 
 a = A({'a':1, 'b':2})
 print(a.a, a.b)
+
+# test that any exception raised in __getattr__ propagates out
+class A:
+    def __getattr__(self, attr):
+        if attr == "value":
+            raise ValueError(123)
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError(456)
+a = A()
+try:
+    a.value
+except ValueError as er:
+    print(er)
+try:
+    a.attr
+except AttributeError as er:
+    print(er)