Steven Bethard wrote: > Well if you want these to work with subclasses that change verb_hello to > do something else, one option is to write a simple decorator, and then > your lines above become something like:
Note I was just giving a use case for the general construct, not necessarily a use case for the pseudofeature the original poster was requesting. In my particular case, there isn't much need to make sure things are properly overridden in subclasses, since functionality tends to get added, rather than modified. (The "Why would you want to do that?" question was asked before he went on to show what wasn't working for him.) -- Erik Max Francis && [EMAIL PROTECTED] && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && AIM erikmaxfrancis To understand is to forgive, even oneself. -- Alexander Chase -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
