Marco Mariani wrote: > Tim Golden wrote: > >>> From the cookbook, this time. >>> It satisfies the requirements nicely ;) >>> >>> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/496691 >> [... snip the ultimate general-purpose answer to the OP's question ... >> >> I really hope that's a wink up there, Marco. > > The wink is in the second line of my post...
I did see it :) >> The poor guy was just trying to get his homework done! > > I don't see how my answer is in any way worse than those based on > lambda. Nor do I. I was just joking with a colleague that the guy just wanted a bit of help (which he did get, in fact from several sources) and then out came the lambda and the decorator. It's only a moment before the metaclass and the Twisted solution come along. :) (It's like watching a convention of lisp programmers -- ducks, runs for cover) TJG -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
