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Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass

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On Mar 31, 3:14 pm, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> I want to inherit from a class, and define aliases for many of its
> attributes. How can I refer to “the attribute that will be available by
> name ‘spam’ once this class is defined”?
>
>     class Foo(object):
>         def spam(self):
>             pass
>
>         def eggs(self):
>             pass
>
>     class Bar(Foo):
>         beans = Foo.spam
>         mash = Foo.eggs
>
> Is that the right way to do it?

For methods, that will work just fine.  For attributes, you will need
to make @property accessors that get and set the underlying attribute.


Raymond

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Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-01 09:14 +1100
  Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-04-01 00:14 +0000
    Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-01 11:59 +1100
  Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy@gmail.com> - 2011-03-31 20:36 -0400
    Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-04-01 11:57 +1100
  Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> - 2011-03-31 19:24 -0700
    Re: Alias for an attribute defined in a superclass Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-04-01 11:54 +0200

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