Op 2005-12-15, Ed Leafe schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Dec 15, 2005, at 11:51 AM, Lawrence Oluyede wrote: > >>> So? Am I nuts? Or is this possible? >> >> Yes it is, use exec() to turn your string in valid Python code >> and bind the dynamic function as a method of class Test >> >> xx = """def dynamic(self): >> print "dynamic", self.testAtt >> """ >> >> exec xx >> >> class Test(object): >> testAtt = "sample" >> def normalMethod(self): >> print "normal", self.testAtt >> >> t = Test() >> Test.dynamic = dynamic >> t.dynamic() > > Thanks! I knew I had done this before. My mistake was that I was > setting the exec'd code to the instance, and not to the class. That > works, but makes it a function, which doesn't automatically get sent > the 'self' reference.
But this will make the function a method to all instances of the class. Is that what you want? From your first post I had the impression you only wanted the function to be the method of one particular instance. -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
