On 5/07/12 12:47:52, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 8:29 PM, Olive <di...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>> I am creating a new class: package (to analyse the packages database in
>> some linux distros). I have created a class package such that
>> package("string") give me an instance of package if string is a correct
>> representation of a package. I would like that if pack is already an
>> instance of package then package(pack) just return pack.
>
> One way would be to make the name "package" actually a wrapper
> function, not the class itself:
>
>>>> class _package:
> def __init__(self,arg):
> # blah blah
> self.asdf=arg
>
>>>> def package(arg):
> if isinstance(arg,_package): return arg
> return _package(arg)
>
>>>> a=package("Test")
>>>> b=package(a)
>>>> a is b
> True
>
> The leading underscore is a common convention meaning "private
> implementation detail".
I think using a factory function is the right idea, but the
code above doesn't solve the problem as stated. Olive needs
a factory function that takes a string argument and returns
a _package object.
Maybe:
class _package:
def __init__(self, name):
self.name = name
# etc.
packages = dict()
def package(name):
if name not in packages:
packages[name] = _package(name)
return packages[name]
Hope this helps,
-- HansM
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