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Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Dinamically set __call__ method
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On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Roberto Mart=C3=ADnez
<robertomartinezp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Skip Montanaro <skip.montanaro@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Roberto Mart=C3=ADnez
>> <robertomartinezp@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> The workaround of calling a different method inside __call__ is not val=
id
>>> for my case because I want to change the *signature* of the function al=
so
>>> -for introspection reasons.
>>
>>
>> You could define __call__ like so:
>>
>> def __call__(self, *args, **kwds):
>>     self._my_call(*args, **kwds)
>
>
> This was my first approach, but it is not very informative to the user an=
d I
> prefer to have arguments with descriptive names. We have to change __doc_=
_
> too, so this is not an ideal solution for me.
>
> I tried to implement __getattribute__, but is not called either. :(

I'd suggest starting a new thread on python-list (or stack overflow or
whatever) explaining what the heck you're trying to do here and asking
for higher-level advice/suggestions, because your current
implementation strategy seems to have placed you on a path that is
rapidly descending past "spaghetti" towards "tentacular".

(Or alternatively I guess you could go all in: I=C3=A4! I=C3=A4! Metaclasse=
s Fhtagn!)

-n

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Nathaniel J. Smith
Postdoctoral researcher - Informatics - University of Edinburgh
http://vorpus.org