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| Date | 2015-06-16 07:44 -0600 |
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| From | Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? |
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On 06/15/2015 06:20 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> I'm surprised by your assertion. To my mind, outside callers get simple
> and direct access to the attribute, whereas the code of the function
> itself does not have such easy access; unlike ‘self’ for the current
> instance of a class, there's no obvious name to use for referring to the
> function object within the function object's own code.
Of course it has access, and it's obvious and easy as well:
def foo():
foo.flag = True
The only thing I'm not sure of is a clean way to test for the
attribute's existence. The __init__.py of a package, or the
initialization code of the module could preset the attribute, though.
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Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-15 23:57 +0000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 10:07 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-06-15 17:19 -0700
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-06-16 10:20 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-16 19:07 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-06-15 17:21 -0700
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2015-06-15 17:24 -0700
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-06-16 01:35 +0100
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-16 18:18 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 13:45 +0100
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-16 22:46 +0000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2015-06-17 09:51 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-18 00:59 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-17 17:06 +0200
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-18 01:55 +1000
Documenting a function signature (was: Set a flag on the function or a global?) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-06-18 10:04 +1000
Re: Documenting a function signature (was: Set a flag on the function or a global?) Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-06-17 18:10 -0600
Re: Documenting a function signature (was: Set a flag on the function or a global?) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-18 10:14 +1000
Re: Documenting a function signature (was: Set a flag on the function or a global?) random832@fastmail.us - 2015-06-18 08:37 -0400
Re: Documenting a function signature (was: Set a flag on the function or a global?) Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-06-18 23:38 +0200
Re: Documenting a function signature Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2015-06-19 10:41 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ron Adam <ron3200@gmail.com> - 2015-06-15 20:24 -0400
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-16 19:15 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ron Adam <ron3200@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 07:02 -0400
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 10:32 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-15 17:37 -0700
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-06-15 17:53 -0700
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-06-15 19:04 -0700
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-06-16 02:15 +0100
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-16 18:30 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-06-16 07:06 +0100
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-06-16 19:28 +1000
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Jonas Wielicki <jonas@wielicki.name> - 2015-06-16 12:00 +0200
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 07:44 -0600
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2015-06-16 07:56 -0600
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-06-16 15:59 +0200
Re: Set a flag on the function or a global? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2015-06-16 07:57 -0700
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