> there was discussion related to this same problem earlier in the week. > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ad08eb9eb83a4e61/d1906cbc26e16d15?q=Mangle+function+name+with+decorator%3F >
Thanks this was very helpful! >> I'd like to implement a decorator that would rename the method which >> it decorates. Since it's a tricky thing in general involving all sorts >> of __magic__ I thought I would ask around first before writing >> something buggy :) >> >> It should work something like this: >> >> class myclass( object ): >> @rename( 'hello' ) >> def method( self ): >> print 'ok' >> >> # tests >> >> inst = myclass( ) >> inst.method( ) # raise an AttributeError >> inst.hello( ) # prints 'ok' >> myclass.method # raise an AttributeError >> myclass.hello # prints <unbound method myclass.hello> >> assert 'method' in dir( myclass ) is False >> assert 'hello' in dir( myclass ) is True >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Cheers, >> Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
