Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On 7 Sep 2006 01:33:30 -0700, "Frank Millman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > In my particular case, when I do subclass Test, y is always True. > > Therefore I can rewrite it like this - > > > > class Test2(Test): > > def __init__(self,x): > > Test.__init__(self,x,True) > > def getx2(self): > > print x*3 > > > > As you suggested, I redefine getx2 instead of getx, and it works as I > > want. > > > > Slightly less insane, I hope ;-) > > > > I do hope this is just a simplified example <G> > > Otherwise I'd have implemented it the other way around -- don't > compute the value on each get, but rather on the initialization >
Thanks for the reply, Dennis. In fact, my real requirement has got nothing to do with computing a value. That was just a way of illustrating my need to call a different version of a method depending on certain factors. I have since come up with a different approach, which I have explained in a new thread. It is still a bit complicated, so I would still appreciate any comments on how to simplify it. Frank -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
