On Feb 19, 5:11 am, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:56:48 -0300, Fuzzyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > > > [somebody] wrote: > >> >>> > def getCodeName(deap=0): > >> >>> > return sys._getframe(deap+1).f_code.co_name > > >> >>> > class MyClass (object): > >> >>> > name = getCodeName() + '!' > > >> >>> What's the advantage over MyClass.__name__? > >> > I were asking, why do you want a "name" attribute since "__name__" > >> > already exists and has the needed information. And worst, using an > >> > internal implementation function to do such task. > > >> This might be useful to avoid metaclass hacks when trying to initialize > >> a class attribute that would require the class name. (my 2 cents) > > > It's still an ugly hack. :-) > > (But a nice implementation detail to know about none-the-less.) > > Having class decorators would be nice... >
Yes - and Guido said he wouldn't be opposed to the idea when it was poitned out that they would be very useful for both IronPython and Jython to implement features of their underlying platforms. I haven't heard anyone (other than you) mention them recently though... Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml > -- > Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
