> 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
Others have already given you reasons why that is a bad idea. Another one is this: how do you deal with changes to your generated classfile? It's complicated to ensure that you don't override modified code with generated. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
