On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:18:15 -0500 Ross Williamson <rosswilliamson....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All > > Is there anyway in a class to overload the print function?
Your terminology threw me off for a moment. You don't want to override print. You want to override the default representation of an object. > > >> class foo_class(): > >> pass > > >> cc = foo_class() > >> print cc > > Gives: > > <__main__.foo_class instance at ....> That's the default representation. > Can I do something like: > > >> class foo_class(): > >> def __print__(self): > >> print "hello" Close. Check this. >>> class foo_class(): ... def __repr__(self): ... return "hello" ... >>> x = foo_class() >>> x hello -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <da...@druid.net> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
