Alan Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Essentially I want a generator that I can query about > its characteristics. (E.g., a random number generator > that I want to be able to ask about is distributional > parameters.) > > I am thinking of a class that wraps a generator. > An object of this class will have a ``next`` method that simply > returns the value the object get by calling the wrapped > generator. > > A reasonable approach?
Sure, given the undiscussed constraints. > > Thanks, > Alan Isaac > > PS Here is a useless class to illustrate the basic idea > that you could have both attribute access and a > generator-connected ``next`` method. > > class Start2Stop: > def __init(start,stop): > self.start = start > self.stop = stop > self.numgen = (i for in in xrange(start,stop)) > def next(self): > return self.numgen.next() Don't forget to add: def __iter__(self): return self Alex. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
