How do I implement __getattribute__ without an infinite recursion error?

Question

I want to override access to one variable in a class, but return all others normally. How do I accomplish this with __getattribute__?

I tried the follo

Answer 1

Here is a more reliable version:

class D(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.test = 20
        self.test2 = 21
    def __getattribute__(self, name):
        if name == 'test':
            return 0.
        else:
            return super(D, self).__getattribute__(name)

It calls __getattribute__ method from parent class, eventually falling back to object.__getattribute__ method if other ancestors don't override it.