From b0203fcf4c42e0a97f475fc19e7018abdbc04a46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: midichef <67946319+midichef@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 12:12:24 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [column-] catch AttributeError viewing columns list as pyobj

---
 visidata/pyobj.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/visidata/pyobj.py b/visidata/pyobj.py
index 9286e7ae8..fe6dcbbfd 100644
--- a/visidata/pyobj.py
+++ b/visidata/pyobj.py
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ def view(vd, obj):
 
 def getPublicAttrs(obj):
     'Return all public attributes (not methods or `_`-prefixed) on object.'
-    return [k for k in dir(obj) if not k.startswith('_') and not callable(getattr(obj, k))]
+    attrs = []
+    for k in dir(obj):
+        try:
+            if not k.startswith('_') and not callable(getattr(obj, k)):
+                attrs.append(k)
+        except AttributeError: #attributes like formatted_help can raise AttributeError  #2631
+            pass
+    return attrs
 
 def PyobjColumns(obj):
     'Return columns for each public attribute on an object.'