On Oct 22, 10:26 am, "Chris Mellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/22/07, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I was thinking of a way I could make writing Python Class Files a > > little less painful. I was considering a Ptyhon script that read a > > file with a list of property names and method names and then generated > > a skeleton class file. > > > I was even thinking of automatically generating the shell for doc > > strings and epydoc tags. > > > Is there existing scripts that do something like this? If not, I will > > try to come up with something. If I'm sucessful I'll release the code > > under the GPL and will report back to the list. > > > However, I thought I would check here first so that I don't reinvent > > the wheel. > > > Thanks, > > > Scott Huey > > I can't think of a single reason why you would ever want to do this, > since your "list of method and property names" would be just as > verbose as just typing the actual python code. > > Auto generated documentation stubs are considered harmful because they > take the place of real documentation.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
Chris, You wrote: " can't think of a single reason why you would ever want to do this, since your "list of method and property names" would be just as verbose as just typing the actual python code." I don't think I understand how this would be the same amount of typing. Consider the following example that would generate a Monster class file from an input text file (I only did one property and method in generated class file.): Contents of input text file: [Name] Fire Breathing Dragon [Properties] Strength Scariness Endurance [Methods] eatMaiden argMaiden fightKnight argKnight Generated Python Class File: def class FireBreathingDragon: def getStrength(self): """ Docstring goes here. @return @rtype """ return self.strength def setStrength(self, argStrength): """ Docstring goes here. @param argStrength @ptype """ return self.strength def eatMaiden(self, argMaiden): """ Docstring goes here. @param argMaiden @ptype """ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list