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Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command

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On 03/26/2013 11:13 AM, Kyle wrote:
> On Monday, March 25, 2013 4:28:34 PM UTC-4, Kyle wrote:
>> I am using swig to generate our CLI for TCL and Python. In this CLI, we have a subcommand "exec" that is failing to compile in the python case. There seems to be some built-in python command "exec" which is giving a syntax error in the .py file generated by swig when I try to import it:
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>>     def exec(*args): return _wbt_daemon.dm_cli_exec(*args)
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>>             ^
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>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
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>> I don't really want to change the CLI commands or make them different between languages. Is there any way to define a method called "exec" on a class? It would be executed as obj.exec() so I don't see why it should conflict with the built in "exec" command.
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>> class dm_cli(_object):
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>>      __swig_setmethods__ = {}
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>>      __setattr__ = lambda self, name, value: _swig_setattr(self, dm_cli, name, value)
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>>      __swig_getmethods__ = {}
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>>      __getattr__ = lambda self, name: _swig_getattr(self, dm_cli, name)
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>>      def __init__(self): raise RuntimeError, "No constructor defined"
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>> ...
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>>      def exec(*args): return _wbt_daemon.dm_cli_exec(*args)
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>> ...
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>> }
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> Thanks for the suggestion. Looks like we currently use 2.3.4.
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> This still wouldn't solve the problem because now the user would need to call something like  getattr(wbt, "exec")(<args>) instead of wbt.exec(<args>) like all the other commands.
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> I think the easiest thing for me to do would be to just change the command name from exec to something else.

Yeah, that's unfortunate.

I suggest 'execute'.  :)

--
~Ethan~

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How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Kyle <stalkernew@gmail.com> - 2013-03-25 13:28 -0700
  Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 07:43 +1100
  Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Kyle <stalkernew@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 11:13 -0700
    Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2013-03-26 11:36 -0700
    Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 05:43 +1100
      Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Kyle <stalkernew@gmail.com> - 2013-03-26 12:24 -0700
        Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 06:39 +1100
          Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-03-26 23:19 +0000
            Re: How to define "exec" method on a class object? Get syntax error due to built in command Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-03-27 12:27 +1100

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