Short version of what I am looking for: Given a class "public_class" which is instantiated a few times e.g.
a = public_class() b = public_class() c = public_class() I would like to find out the name of the instances so that I could create a list of them e.g. ['a', 'b', 'c'] I've read the Python Cookbook, Python in a Nutshell, Programming Python, Learning Python, ... googled (probably missed something obvious), all to no avail. ===== Longer version: If I can do the above, I believe I could do the following thing which is what I am really after eventually. Given the statement >> a = public_class() I would like to generate >> my_dict['a'] = private_class() so that one could write >> a.apparently_simple_method() and that, behind the scene, I could translate that as >> my_dict['a'].not_so_simple_method() as well as do things like >> for name in my_dict: >> do_stuff(name) Any help, pointers, sketches or outline of solution would be greatly appreciated. André -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
