Jay Loden wrote:
> Josiah Carlson wrote:
>> Ahh, so you want to pass the method name to the method that you are
>> returning to be called. No problem.
>>
>> >>> import functools
>> >>>
>> >>> class foo:
>> ... def __getattr__(self, name):
>> ... return functools.partial(self.ActualMethod, name)
>> ...
>> ... def ActualMethod(self, name, *args, **kwargs):
>> ... #handle *args and **kwargs based on name!
>> ... print name, args, kwargs
>> ...
>> >>> foo().bar('hello', world=1)
>> bar ('hello',) {'world': 1}
>> >>>
>
> Thanks, this is exactly what I was looking for! For some reason functools
> didn't even show up at all during Google searches...must have just had the
> wrong search terms.
Well, the particular operation is typically called 'currying a
function', and unless you know what to look for, it isn't very easy to
make happen.
On the other hand, it is also relatively easy to implement by hand if
necessary.
- Josiah
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