I should have explicitly mentioned that I didn't want this particular solution, for a number of silly reasons. Is there another way to make this work, without needing to place an explicit "if allowed" around each method definition?
Thanks again, -David Dan Sommers wrote: >On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 18:41:02 -0800, >David Hirschfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I want a class that, when instantiated, only defines certain methods >>if a global indicates it is okay to have those methods. So I want >>something like: >> >> > > > >>global allow >>allow = ["foo","bar"] >> >> > > > >>class A: >> def foo(): >> ... >> >> > > > >> def bar(): >> ... >> >> > > > >> def baz(): >> ... >> >> > > > >>any instance of A will only have a.foo() and a.bar() but no a.baz() >>because it wasn't in the allow list. >> >> > > > >>I hope that makes sense. >> >> > >I think so, at least in the "I can implement that idea" sense, although >not the "why would you need such a strange animal" sense. Since "class" >is an executable statement in Python, this ought to do it: > > allow = ["foo", "bar"] > > class A: > > if "foo" in allow: > def foo( ): > ... > > if "bar" in allow: > def bar( ): > ... > > > >>Don't ask why I would need such a strange animal ... >> >> > >Consider yourself not asked. > >HTH, >Dan > > > -- Presenting: mediocre nebula. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
