On Apr 22, 3:54 pm, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 22, 8:47 am, "Anton Mellit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I need something like > > 'overriding' =, which is impossible, but I look for a systematic > > approach to do something instead. It seems there are two ways to do > > what I need: > > > 1. Implement a method 'assign' which generates the corresponding code > > to store value: > > > z.assign(x + y) > > > 2. Do the same as 1., but via property set methods. For example, this > > would look cleaner: > > > z.value = x + y > > > Which of these is preferrable? Does anyone know any alternative ways? > > > Anton > > If you are willing to accept '<<=' as meaning 'assign to existing' > instead of 'left shift in place', you can override this operator using > the __ilshift__ method. > > We used this technique in C++/CORBA code back in the 90's to "inject" > values into CORBA::Any variables. > > -- Paul
Great idea! It conflicts with 'left shift in place', which i also need, but '=' seems more important. Anton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
