Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote:
> Alright, I attempted to post this question yesterday but I don't see it
> as showing up, so I apologize in advance if this is a double post.
>
> Python Gurus:
>
> Let me elaborate a bit more on this question. Basically, I want to know
> if there is some data structure in python that maps a string function
> name to an address of a function or something to that nature.
>
> If this is confusing, let me describe what I want to do and see if
> anyone has any ideas.
>
> basically we have:
>
>>>>def functA():
> ... pass
>
>>>> functA
> <function functA at 80db128>
>
> And what I'd like to do is:
>
>>>>__internalFuncDict__['functA']
> <function functA at 80db128>
>
> This is just for a little experimental project of mine, any help or
> pointers to the proper pages in the manual would be greatly
> appreciated. Basically, I know that I can create something like this if
> I have to but I was very much hoping that something already existed
> somewhere that I could get to via python or by writing a C extension.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -carl
>
I would do this as follows:
Create dictionary with the function names as keys and the pointer to
function definition as value:
def printFoo():
print "Foo"
return
def printFOO():
print "FOO"
return
fdict={'printFoo': printFoo, 'printFOO': printFOO}
functions=('printFoo', 'printFOO')
for function in function:
if fdict.has_key(function: fdict[function]()
else:
print "No function named=%s defined" % function
-Larry Bates
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