Method __setattr__

tables/link.py:285–300

(self, attrname: str, value: Any)

                return target_node.__getattr__(attrname)

    def __setattr__(self, attrname: str, value: Any) -> None:

        # set attribute of the SoftLink itself
        if (
            attrname in SoftLink._link_attrnames
            or attrname[:3] in SoftLink._link_attrprefixes
        ):
            object.__setattr__(self, attrname, value)

        # set attribute of the target node
        elif not self._v_isopen:
            raise tb.ClosedNodeError("the node object is closed")
        elif self.is_dangling():
            raise ValueError("softlink target does not exist")
        else:
            self.dereference().__setattr__(attrname, value)

    def __getitem__(self, key: str) -> Any:
        """Getitem magic method.