On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Andrew Berg <bahamutzero8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2011.07.12 12:32 PM, Gnarlodious wrote:
>> OK, that sets a value at init time. But is there a similar built-in
>> to run whenever the class instance is called?
> What do you mean by call an instance? Do you want to run certain code
> whenever any method is called? Do you want to want certain code to run
> whenever an attribute is accessed? Calling an instance doesn't make any
> sense, especially if you're not referring to the __init__() method.
If I'm understanding correctly, I think the OP wants to do something like this:
class Gadget:
def do_something(self, some_argument=some_default_value):
# do stuff
where the exact default value of some_argument depends on the current
state of the Gadget instance. The canonical approach here would be:
class Gadget:
def do_something(self, some_argument=None):
if some_argument is None:
some_argument = self._some_argument_default
# do stuff
And then the other instance methods of Gadget can update the default
by setting the value of the _some_argument_default attribute.
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