I may be missing something, but isn't this what __dict__ does? Just return self.__dict__. This is an old message, so this may have mentioned already. Sorry if that's the case. I'm a little behind.
Kent Johnson wrote: >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 > > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor