On Sep 7, 9:19 am, Gary Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This all seems a bit too complicated. Are you sure you want to do
> > this? Maybe you need to step back and rethink your problem.
>
> In version 2.1 Python added the ability to add function attributes --
> seehttp://www.python.org/dev
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gary
Robinson wrote:
> I've just never liked the fact that you have to name the function when
> accessing those attributes from within the function.
If it's any consolation, it's not actually the function name you need to
refer to, merely any variable or Python obj
On Sep 7, 5:19 pm, Gary Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > This all seems a bit too complicated. Are you sure you want to do
> > this? Maybe you need to step back and rethink your problem.
>
> In version 2.1 Python added the ability to add function attributes --
> seehttp://www.python.org/dev
> This all seems a bit too complicated. Are you sure you want to do
> this? Maybe you need to step back and rethink your problem.
In version 2.1 Python added the ability to add function attributes -- see
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0232/ for the justifications. A counter
probably isn't on
On Sep 6, 8:43 am, Gary Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I welcome feedback of any type.
>
This all seems a bit too complicated. Are you sure you want to do
this? Maybe you need to step back and rethink your problem.
Your example can be rewritten a number of different ways that are
easier
Alex Martelli has a cookbook recipe, whoami, for retrieving the name of the
current function:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/66062. It uses
sys._getframe(). I'm a little wary about using sys._getframe() because of the
underscore prefix and the fact that the python docs
