This is indeed happening, and it's another manifestation of the problems with __getattr__ that have also been reported here:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ipython/+bug/244677
Similarly, the problem can be avoided by turning %autocall completely off. We still need to investigate whether we can fine-tune %autocall to still work while producing less spurious __getattr__ calls.
This is indeed happening, and it's another manifestation of the problems with __getattr__ that have also been reported here:
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ipython/ +bug/244677
Similarly, the problem can be avoided by turning %autocall completely off. We still need to investigate whether we can fine-tune %autocall to still work while producing less spurious __getattr__ calls.