gamename <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm a recent convert from TCL. One of the more powerful aspects of
> TCL is the ability to rename a function at will (generally for testing
> purposes).
>
> Example from the tcl doc:
>
> rename ::source ::theRealSource
> set sourceCount 0
> proc ::source args {
> global sourceCount
> puts "called source for the [incr sourceCount]'th time"
> uplevel 1 ::theRealSource $args
> }
>
> So, is such a thing possible in Python?
Assuming that source is a function previously defined in this scope, the
exactly equivalent Python snippet should be:
theRealSource = source
sourceCount = 0
def source(*args):
global sourceCount
sourceCount += 1
print "called source for the %s'th time" % sourceCount
return theRealSource(*args)
Others have already offered you other alternatives, but I thought you
might also be interested in a more direct/immediate translation.
Alex
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