Smith, Jeff wrote: > Here would be the usage: > > myinst = MyClass() > print myinst.getprops_as_dict() > > would print > > {'var1': 1, 'var2': 2, 'var3': 3} > > Needless to say I want the instance values which might be different for > each instance. I know that I could code it brute force, but I want to > be able to add properties without having to remember to update > getprops_as_dict().
OK, so will a variation on my last recipe work? This looks for property attributes of the class and gets the corresponding property on the instance: def getprops_as_dict(self): return dict(pname, getattr(self, pname) for pname in dir(self.__class__) if isinstance(getattr(self.__class__, pname), property)) ) Kent > > For those who are interested, the dictionary created by > getprops_as_dict() will be fed to string.Template.substitute > > Jeff _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor