On Feb 22, 3:18 am, Peter Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alejandro Dubrovsky wrote: > > def autoassign(_init_): > > import inspect > > import functools > > > argnames, _, _, defaults = inspect.getargspec(_init_) > > argnames = argnames[1:] > > > indentation = ' ' > > settings = ['self.%s = %s' % (arg[1:], arg) for arg in argnames > > if arg[0] == '_'] > > > if len(settings) <= 0: > > return _init_ > > > if defaults is None: > > args = argnames[:] > > else: > > args = argnames[:-len(defaults)] > > for key, value in zip(argnames[-len(defaults):],defaults): > > args.append('%s=%s' % (key, repr(value))) > > > template = """def _autoassign(self, %(args)s): > > %(setting)s > > _init_(self, %(argnames)s) > > """ % {'args' : ", ".join(args), 'setting' : "\n".join(['%s%s' % > > (indentation, setting) for setting > > in settings]), 'argnames' : ', '.join(argnames)} > > > try: > > exec template > > except SyntaxError, e: > > raise SyntaxError('%s. line: %s. offset %s:\n%s' % > > (e.msg, e.lineno, e.offset, template)) > > return _autoassign > > [snip] > > Is there a way to bind the _init_ name at exec time? > > Use a dedicated namespace: > > namespace = dict(_init_=_init_) > exec template in namespace > return namespace["_autoassign"] > > Peter
That works! Excellent, thanks. I still don't understand why the original doesn't work. I thought exec with no namespace specified used the current context, in which _init_ would be _init_ already. But understanding can wait. ale -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list