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Code:
```
class Wrapper:
 @staticmethod
 def __getattr__(item):
 return repr(item) # dummy
a = Wrapper()
print(a.foo)
```
Expected output: 'foo'
Actual output with Python 2.7:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "test_staticmethodattr.py", line 7, in <module>
 print(a.foo)
TypeError: 'staticmethod' object is not callable
Python 3.2 does return the expected ('foo').
PyPy returns the expected 'foo'.

In Python 2 the code example generates an old-style class. When I tried it with a new style class, it worked fine:
class Wrapper(object):
 @staticmethod
 def __getattr__(item):
 return repr(item) # dummy
a = Wrapper()
print(a.foo)
# 'foo'
Chalk this up to another reason to move to Python 3. <wink>

I don't quite understand. Shouldn't __getattr__ also work in old-style classes?
And the error itself ('staticmethod' object is not callable), shouldn't that be impossible?