On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 17:41 +0100, English, Mark wrote: > > From: Tor Erik Sønvisen > > Date: October 8th 2007 > > I've tried locating some code that can recreate an object from > > it's string representation... > On a related note I've wondered about this: > >>> class Foo(object): pass > >>> f = Foo() > >>> s = repr(f) > >>> s > '<__main__.Foo object at 0x007CBAB0>' > > So how do I get f back from s ? > Obviously this is open to abuse. I just wondered if a mechanism existed short > of writing > a C-extension which parses that string, casts the hex number to a PyObject *, > INCREFs it, > and gives it back...
I can't help but wonder, do you often find yourself having to locate an object from its hexadecimal address? -- Carsten Haese http://informixdb.sourceforge.net -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
