Don't use dir() to find instance attribute names.
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/dist.py b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
index 3803f5c..40dcc96 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/dist.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/dist.py
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@
# worth it. Also delegate 'get_XXX()' methods to the 'metadata'
# object in a sneaky and underhanded (but efficient!) way.
self.metadata = DistributionMetadata()
- method_basenames = dir(self.metadata) + \
- ['fullname', 'contact', 'contact_email']
- for basename in method_basenames:
+ for basename in self.metadata._METHOD_BASENAMES:
method_name = "get_" + basename
setattr(self, method_name, getattr(self.metadata, method_name))
@@ -962,6 +960,12 @@
author, and so forth.
"""
+ _METHOD_BASENAMES = ("name", "version", "author", "author_email",
+ "maintainer", "maintainer_email", "url",
+ "license", "description", "long_description",
+ "keywords", "platforms", "fullname", "contact",
+ "contact_email", "licence")
+
def __init__ (self):
self.name = None
self.version = None