Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-31 Thread Alexandre Badez
On Aug 30, 11:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? Cheers. -T Could you show the object you want to set his attribute? Until that, it's difficult to answer

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-31 Thread Steve Holden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? This seems like a bizarre requirement. Why is the attribute read-only in the first place? How is the read-only mechanism enforced? Is the object

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Aug 31, 6:14 pm, Alexandre Badez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 30, 11:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? Cheers. -T Could you show the object

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-31 Thread Steve Holden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 31, 6:14 pm, Alexandre Badez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Aug 30, 11:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? Cheers. -T Could

Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? Cheers. -T -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-30 Thread Arnaud Delobelle
On Aug 30, 10:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. If it's read-only then you can't set it! How can I go about this? Joke aside, I think you need to be more specific. -- Arnaud --

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-30 Thread Wildemar Wildenburger
Arnaud Delobelle wrote: On Aug 30, 10:35 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. If it's read-only then you can't set it! How can I go about this? Joke aside, I think you need to be

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-30 Thread Gerardo Herzig
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? Cheers. -T I guess we all need an code example to show us the way 'read only' is implemented. If you cant access to the class wich you are

Re: Setting a read-only attribute

2007-08-30 Thread James Stroud
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an object and wish to set an attribute on it which, unfortunately for me, is read-only. How can I go about this? Can you simply subclass the object's class, intercept __setattr__ and __getattribute__, and spoof the read-only attribute? E.g.: class A(object):