On 2 déc, 06:36, Jeremy <jlcon...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have some methods that I need (would like) to define outside of the > class. I know this can be done by defining the function and then > setting it equal to some member
<OT> "assignement" or "binding" might be the terms you were looking for here ;) Also in Python we talk about "attributes", not "members" </OT> > of an instance of the class. What you describe here will not "define class methods", nor even instance methods FWIW - it will only make the function an attribute of the instance, but won't turn the function into a method (IOW: the function won't get the instance as first argument). Also and while we're at it, a Python "classmethod" is something special - it's a method that can be called on either an instance or the class itself, and takes the class - not the instance - as first argument. > But, > because of the complexity of what I'm doing (I have to set many > functions as class methods) I would rather not do this. Can someone > show me how to do this? Is it even possible? To "no do this" ? Yes, certainly <g> More seriously: if your problem is to dynamically add a bunch of methods to an existing *class*, it's quite easy - just import the class and assign your functions to it, ie: from otherlib import OtherClass def foo(self): print "%s.foo" % self OtherClass.foo = foo And voila, The "foo" method is now available to all (even already existing) instances of OtherClass. If this doesn't answer your question, please provide more context. > Can decorators be used > here? What for ? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
