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Question on doc of __getattribute__

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In object.__getattribute__:

For certain sensitive attribute accesses, raises an auditing event object.__getattr__ with arguments obj and name.

Cause getattr is called when the default attribute access fails, I think it should be obj.__getattribute__ for this auditing event.

Linked PRs
  • gh-122498
  • gh-122501

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Start at the object.getattribute section of the Python data model documentation and review the linked auditing documentation. Confirm whether the event name should describe getattribute rather than getattr; done means the documented event name and wording are corrected, with the linked PRs checked to avoid duplicating work.

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python
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documentation
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Documentation
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