Op 2005-02-16, peter schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello all, > > Recently I've started to refactor my code ...(I'm using python 2.3.4) > I tried to add extra functionality to old functions non-intrusively. > When I used a construct, which involves renaming functions etc... I > came across some recursive problems. (a basic construct can be found > under the section BASIC CODE) > > These problems do not occur when renaming objects. (see section EXTRA > CODE) > My question now is: > I do not know the underlying idea of functions. Is this the way they > should behave? Or should they work the same way as objects do? > (My preferences goes to this last option) > > BASIC CODE: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > def fA(input): # starting point: function named fA > return input > > def newFA(input): # new function with added functionality > #does something extra with a! > return fA(input) > fA = newFA > # this should allow to add functionality without > # breaking older code which uses the name fA! > fA() # execute fA()
Try this: def fA(input): return input def newFA(input, f= fA): return f(input) fA = newFA -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
