oripel wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to attach some attributes to functions and methods, similar > to Java annotations and .NET attributes. > I also want to use a convenient decorator for it, something along the > lines of > > @attr(name="xander", age=10) > def foo(): > ... > > Assigning attributes to the function will work, as will assigning keys > and values to a dictionary in an attribute. But if there are more > decorators in the way, this could fail: > > @onedec > @attr(...) > @twodec > def foo(): > ... > > Given 'foo' now, how do I find the attributes? > > Assigning to a global attribute registry (some interpreter-global > dictionary), although less desirable, might have been acceptable, but > then how do I identify the function after it's been wrapped in more > decorators? > > Also, it may be nice to have the following work as well: > > @attr(name="Xander") > @attr(age=10) > @somedec > @attr(hobby="knitting") > def foo(): > ... > > > Any thoughts? Am I rehashing something old that my search skills didn't > uncover? > > Thanks! > Ori.
I wrote up my investigation into function attributes and decorators on my blog: http://paddy3118.blogspot.com/2006/05/python-function-attributes.html http://paddy3118.blogspot.com/2006/05/function-attributes-assigned-by.html What do you think? - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
