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Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object?

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On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Fuzzyman <fuzzyman@gmail.com> wrote:
> __name__ can be a descriptor, so you just need to write a descriptor
> that can be fetched from classes as well as instances.
>
> Here's an example with a property (instance only):
>
>>>> class Foo(object):
> ...   @property
> ...   def __name__(self):
> ...     return 'bar'
> ...
>>>> Foo().__name__
> 'bar'

But:

>>> Foo.__name__
'Foo'
>>> repr(Foo())
'<__main__.Foo object at 0x00CAFFD0>'
>>> Foo.__dict__['__name__']
<property object at 0x00CBA6F0>

It seems that Foo.__name__ and Foo.__dict__['__name__'] are not the
same thing, and Python itself only uses the former.

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how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-08-06 21:06 -0600
  Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-08-07 14:47 +1000
    Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-08-07 02:05 -0600
  Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Fuzzyman <fuzzyman@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 07:48 -0700
    Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 09:25 -0600
      Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Fuzzyman <fuzzyman@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 09:38 -0700
    Re: how to dynamically generate __name__ for an object? Eric Snow <ericsnowcurrently@gmail.com> - 2011-08-10 10:54 -0600

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