class_docstr: Superclass of the embeddable shells supported by igraph
class_docstr_tok: ["Superclass","of","the","embeddable","shells","supported","by","igraph"]
docstr: Checks whether the shell supports status messages.
  
  This is done by checking for the existence of an attribute
  called C{_status_handler}.
code: def supports_status_messages(self):
      """Checks whether the shell supports status messages.
  
      This is done by checking for the existence of an attribute
      called C{_status_handler}."""
      return hasattr(self, "_status_handler")
  
imports: from abc import ABCMeta, abstractmethod
  import re
  import sys
  from igraph import __version__
  from igraph._igraph import set_progress_handler, set_status_handler
  from igraph.configuration import Configuration
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the Shell obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.supports_status_messages() and returns: hasattr