On 4/17/07, Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "Steven Bethard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 4/17/07, Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Neal Norwitz schrieb: > > > > > I'm tempted to ask the same thing about the types module. > > > > > > > > Don't forget the 'new' module. It's a candidate for 'svn rm'. > > > > > > > > """Create new objects of various types. Deprecated. > > > > > > > > This module is no longer required except for backward compatibility. > > > > Objects of most types can now be created by calling the type object. > > > > """ > > > > > > I would generally agree with you, except that when monkey patching > > > instances... > > > self.method = new.instancemethod(other.method.im_func, > > > self, > > > self.__class__) > > > > Yes, but you could just as easily write this as:: > > > > self.method = other.method.im_func.__get__(self) > > > > which I'd contend is better than the original new.instancemethod version. > > It is certainly easier to read, but I don't believe it is as > self-documenting as the new.instancemethod variant. What do you get > when calling 'new.instancemethod'? A new instance method. > > Is func.__get__ documented anywhere?
In the Reference: http://docs.python.org/ref/descriptor-invocation.html But I agree it's not as prominent or as clear as it should be. Steve -- I'm not *in*-sane. Indeed, I am so far *out* of sane that you appear a tiny blip on the distant coast of sanity. --- Bucky Katt, Get Fuzzy _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
