On Sep 7, 9:19 am, Gary Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This all seems a bit too complicated. Are you sure you want to do > > this? Maybe you need to step back and rethink your problem. > > In version 2.1 Python added the ability to add function attributes -- > seehttp://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0232/for the justifications. A counter > probably isn't one of them, I just used that as a quick example of using > thisfunc(). > > I've just never liked the fact that you have to name the function when > accessing those attributes from within the function. And I thought there > might be other uses for something like thisfunc(). >
If I had a scenario where I needed a function that would change its behavior based on its attributes I would use an object instead. If I really, really needed it to behave like a function, then I would override __call__. Using a function's attributes to modify its behavior seems like using a singleton or a module variable to modify the behavior of functions. I would avoid it if I wanted to write code that someone else (including myself) may want to use one day. Otherwise, it would be hard to keep different bits of code separate from one another. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
