Function _safe_getattr

IPython/lib/pretty.py:102–111

Safe version of getattr. Same as getattr, but will return ``default`` on any Exception, rather than raising.

(obj, attr, default=None)

_re_pattern_type = type(re.compile(''))

def _safe_getattr(obj, attr, default=None):
    """Safe version of getattr.

    Same as getattr, but will return ``default`` on any Exception,
    rather than raising.
    """
    try:
        return getattr(obj, attr, default)
    except Exception:
        return default

@undoc
class CUnicodeIO(StringIO):