Fresh instances in Python with lazy evaluation

Testoob's --capture feature (written by Misha) replaces sys.stdout and sys.stderr for each test being run, and displays the output only if the test fails.

Leeor Aharon, of ff-activex-host fame, wanted to use it with Python's logging module, but the StreamHandler class stores a reference to the output stream on initialization - it already has a reference to sys.stdout, so replacing it won't affect it.

We originally thought of sublcassing StreamHandler and making retrieve the logger from a property, but we came up with this elegant code instead:

 
class LazyEvaluator(object):
    def __init__(self, factory):
        self.__factory = factory
    def __getattr__(self, name):
        return getattr(self.__factory(), name)

lazy_stdout = LazyEvaluator(lambda:sys.stdout)
handler = StreamHandler(strm=lazy_stdout)

The "lazy evaluator" is initialized with a factory callable, and every time it tries to access an attribute or method the object will be re-created by the factory. No changes necessary for StreamHandler, and ./alltests.py --capture works like a charm.