On Oct 30, 4:16 am, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote: > Geoff Bache <geoff.ba...@gmail.com> writes: > > I'm wondering if there is any way to customize class attribute access > > on classic classes? > > Why do that? What is it you're hoping to achieve, and why limit it to > classic classes only? >
I'm building a mocking tool, CaptureMock, which works by intercepting and capturing particular calls, recording and replaying them. A user can just say "intercept httplib for me" and it will record all the interactions with httplib and allow a test that can be run without doing anything via http or writing any handcrafted "mock-code". So I need to be able to intercept also static attribute access, say httplib.HTTPConnection.request. httplib.HTTPConnection is a classic class. I can make my intercepting version of it into a new-style class but the risk is that that will change its behaviour in subtle ways, negating the point of the tool. As for limiting it to classic classes only, I obviously need to do it on new-style classes also. But I know how to do that... Regards, Geoff Bache -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
