From 1243bc0c2dd59bc101e0e0b50f9f22ddac3c343f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Haley <>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 17:54:17 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make getattr(mi, '#series_index') work, in addition to
 mi.get( '#series_index') which already worked.

---
 src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py
index 6c360bad96..ae75072761 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/metadata/book/base.py
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ class Metadata(object):
                                             _('TEMPLATE ERROR'),
                                             self).strip()
             return val
-
+        if field.startswith('#') and field.endswith('_index'):
+            try:
+                return self.get_extra(field[:-6])
+            except:
+                pass
         raise AttributeError(
                 'Metadata object has no attribute named: '+ repr(field))