On 07/25/2010 05:41 PM, Karsten Wutzke wrote: > What's wrong with: > > class Enum(RootFragment): > __jpaTypes = { > # complete! > 'CascadeType': Enum("javax.persistence.CascadeType"), > 'DiscriminatorType': > Enum("javax.persistence.DiscriminatorType"), > 'EnumType': Enum("javax.persistence.EnumType"), > 'FetchType': Enum("javax.persistence.FetchType"), > 'FlushModeType': Enum("javax.persistence.FlushModeType"), > 'GenerationType': Enum("javax.persistence.GenerationType"), > 'InheritanceType': Enum("javax.persistence.InheritanceType"), > 'LockModeType': Enum("javax.persistence.LockModeType"), > 'PersistenceContextType': > Enum("javax.persistence.PersistenceContextType"), > 'TemporalType': Enum("javax.persistence.TemporalType"), > } > > # constructor > def __init__(self, package, modifiers, name, superInterfaces = [], > annotations = [], innerClasses = [], properties = [], > methods = []): > RootFragment.__init__(self, packageName, modifiers, "enum", > name, superInterfaces, annotations, innerClasses, properties, methods) > > > ? > > I get > > 'CascadeType': Enum("javax.persistence.CascadeType"), > > NameError: name 'Enum' is not defined
well, within the class statement, it's not defined. So you can't call Enum yet. You have to create your dict somewhere else. You can either set it from outside: class Enum(RootFragment): ... Enum._jpaTypes = { ... } Or, do exactly the same thing, but within a class method: class Enum(bla): @classmethod def contruct_jpatypes(cls): cls.__jpaTypes = { ... } Enum.construct_jpatypes() > > What's wrong with calling a constructor in a dict initializer? How do > I solve this? > > Karsten -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list