def deep_getattr(obj, attr_string, default=None):
    """
    Returns the attribute of `obj` at the dotted path given by `attr_string`
    If no such attribute is reachable, returns `default`

    >>> deep_getattr(cass, 'cluster')
    <cassandra.cluster.Cluster object at 0xa20c350

    >>> deep_getattr(cass, 'cluster.metadata.partitioner')
    u'org.apache.cassandra.dht.Murmur3Partitioner'

    >>> deep_getattr(cass, 'i.dont.exist', default='default')
    'default'
    """
    attrs = attr_string.split('.')
    for attr in attrs:
        try:
            obj = getattr(obj, attr)
        except AttributeError:
            return default
    return obj
