Paul McGuire <pt...@austin.rr.com> writes: > Two ideas come to mind, the decorator way and the metaclass way. I am > not a guru at either, but these two examples work:
I think the decorator idea is most attractive to me, since it can be applied per method. > # the decorator way > def inherit_docstring_from(cls): > def docstring_inheriting_decorator(fn): > fn.__doc__ = getattr(cls,fn.__name__).__doc__ > return fn > return docstring_inheriting_decorator That works, thank you. > Using a decorator in this manner requires repeating the super class > name. Perhaps there is a way to get the bases of BarGonk, but I don't > think so, because at the time that the decorator is called, BarGonk is > not yet fully defined. Yes, I tried a few different ways, but within the decorator it seems the function object is quite unaware of what class it is destined for. -- \ “We are human only to the extent that our ideas remain humane.” | `\ —_Breakfast of Champions_, Kurt Vonnegut | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
