Improve 'set_wrapper_attr'.

gymnasium/core.py

@@ -273,9 +273,12 @@ def get_wrapper_attr(self, name: str) -> Any:
         """Gets the attribute `name` from the environment."""
         return getattr(self, name)
 
-    def set_wrapper_attr(self, name: str, value: Any):
+    def set_wrapper_attr(self, name: str, value: Any, *, force: bool = False):
         """Sets the attribute `name` on the environment with `value`."""
-        setattr(self, name, value)
+        if force or hasattr(self, name):
+            setattr(self, name, value)
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError(f"{self} has no attribute {name!r}")
 
 
 WrapperObsType = TypeVar("WrapperObsType")
@@ -425,30 +428,27 @@ def get_wrapper_attr(self, name: str) -> Any:
                     f"wrapper {self.class_name()} has no attribute {name!r}"
                 ) from e
 
-    def set_wrapper_attr(self, name: str, value: Any):
+    def set_wrapper_attr(self, name: str, value: Any, *, force: bool = True):
         """Sets an attribute on this wrapper or lower environment if `name` is already defined.
 
         Args:
             name: The variable name
             value: The new variable value
+            force: Whether to create the attribute on this wrapper if it does not exists on the
+                   lower environment instead of raising an exception
         """
-        sub_env = self
-
-        # loop through all the wrappers, checking if it has the variable name then setting it
-        #   otherwise stripping the wrapper to check the next.
-        #   end when the core env is reached
-        while isinstance(sub_env, Wrapper):
-            if hasattr(sub_env, name):
-                setattr(sub_env, name, value)
-                return
-
-            sub_env = sub_env.env
-
-        # check if the base environment has the wrapper, otherwise, we set it on the top (this) wrapper
-        if hasattr(sub_env, name):
-            setattr(sub_env, name, value)
-        else:
+        if hasattr(self, name):
             setattr(self, name, value)
+        else:
+            try:
+                self.env.set_wrapper_attr(name, value, force=False)
+            except AttributeError as e:
+                if force:
+                    setattr(self, name, value)
+                else:
+                    raise AttributeError(
+                        f"wrapper {self.class_name()} has no attribute {name!r}"
+                    ) from e
 
     def __str__(self):
         """Returns the wrapper name and the :attr:`env` representation string."""