Phillip B Oldham <phillip.old...@gmail.com> writes: > Thanks, but I'm looking for a way to do it *without* using a getter > as I don't have easy access to the class (its being generated for me > elsewhere). Essentially I'd like to overwrite (if possible) the > default behavior when returning certain attributes on certain > objects.
You can override the behaviour of a class by defining a subclass. class UntouchableTypeWrapper(UntouchableType): def _foo_get(self): return str(self.foo) foo = property(_foo_get) Then you can create instances of the wrapper class where you want the new behaviour. -- \ “… a Microsoft Certified System Engineer is to information | `\ technology as a McDonalds Certified Food Specialist is to the | _o__) culinary arts.” —Michael Bacarella | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list