On Sep 8, 9:52 am, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > TheFlyingDutchman a écrit : > > > > > On Sep 10, 2:28 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>Hi, > > >>I have the following class - > > >>class TestOutcomes: > >> PASSED = 0 > >> FAILED = 1 > >> ABORTED = 2 > > >>plus the following code - > > >>testResult = TestOutcomes.PASSED > > >>testResultAsString > >>if testResult == TestOutcomes.PASSED: > >> testResultAsString = "Passed" > >>elif testResult == TestOutcomes.FAILED : > >> testResultAsString = "Failed" > >>else: > >> testResultAsString = "Aborted" > > >>But it would be much nicer if I had a function to covert to string as > >>part of the TestOutcomes class. How would I implement this? > > >>Thanks, > > >>Barry > > > class TestOutcomes: > > PASSED = 0 > > FAILED = 1 > > ABORTED = 2 > > > def ToString(outcome): > > if outcome == TestOutcomes.PASSED: > > return "Passed" > > elif outcome == TestOutcomes.FAILED : > > return "Failed" > > else: > > return "Aborted" > > > ToString = staticmethod(ToString) > > > if __name__ == "__main__": > > testResult = TestOutcomes.PASSED > > testResultAsString = TestOutcomes.ToString(testResult) > > print testResultAsString > > print TestOutcomes.ToString(testResult) > > Technically correct, but totally unpythonic.
Speaking of unpythonic, I would call ToString = staticmethod(ToString) A Perlific syntax. > > May I suggest some reading > ?http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html Well the Foo.Foo complaint is bogus: from Foo import Foo
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