Pierre GM wrote: > On Nov 25, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Ryan May wrote: >> Pierre GM wrote: >>> * Your locked version of update won't probably work either, as you >>> force >>> the converter to output a string (you set the status to largest >>> possible, that's the one that outputs strings). Why don't you set the >>> status to the current one (make a tmp one if needed). >> Looking at the code, it looks like mapper is only used in the >> upgrade() >> method. My goal by setting status to the largest possible is to lock >> the >> converter to the supplied function. That way for the user supplied >> converters, the StringConverter doesn't try to upgrade away from >> it. My >> thinking was that if the user supplied converter function fails, the >> user should know. (Though I got this wrong the first time.) >> > > Then, define a _locked attribute in StringConverter, and prevent > upgrade to run if self._locked is True.
Sure if you're into logic and sound design. I was going more for hackish and obtuse. (No seriously, I don't know why I didn't think of that.) Ryan -- Ryan May Graduate Research Assistant School of Meteorology University of Oklahoma _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion