* Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-09-17 18:54:43]:
> If you go with the flow rather than trying to make the flow
> go the way you want life is easier.
Insightful. QOTW. :-)
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"Eric Abrahamsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> to do it. I was thinking of cleaner ways of giving an instance a
> 'name' attribute than
>
> instance_name = Class('instance_name')
The thing is that you shouldn't even try!
The object can have a name and that name will be constant
regardless of which
> This is pretty hard. For one thing, the object will not be bound to
> a name until after __init__() is finished.
Ah, that's a good thing to know...
> you could probably use the stack frame to find the point of call
> and inspect the byte codes there to find the name...
I was afraid the ans
Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
> When instantiating a class, is it possible for that instance to
> 'know' (via the __init__ method, I suppose) the name of the variable
> it's been assigned to?
This is pretty hard. For one thing, the object will not be bound to a
name until after __init__() is finishe
On Sep 17, 2007, at 7:21 PM, Alan Gauld wrote:
>
> "Eric Abrahamsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>
>> When instantiating a class, is it possible for that instance to
>> 'know' (via the __init__ method, I suppose) the name of the variable
>> it's been assigned to?
>
>
> Presumably you have a reason
"Eric Abrahamsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> When instantiating a class, is it possible for that instance to
> 'know' (via the __init__ method, I suppose) the name of the variable
> it's been assigned to?
You could pass it in as a string but there is little point.
Recall that in Python variable
When instantiating a class, is it possible for that instance to
'know' (via the __init__ method, I suppose) the name of the variable
it's been assigned to?
Thanks
E
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