How to check whether a method exists in Python?

Question

In the function __getattr__(), if a referred variable is not found then it gives an error. How can I check to see if a variable or method exists as part of an objec

Answer 1

How about looking it up in dyn.__dict__?

try:
    method = dyn.__dict__['mymethod']
except KeyError:
    print "mymethod not in dyn"