What do I need to add to HTMLDecorator? A simpler example:
import cgi class ClassX(object): pass # ... with own __repr__ class ClassY(object): pass # ... with own __repr__ inst_x=ClassX() inst_y=ClassY() inst_z=[ i*i for i in range(25) ] inst_b=True class HTMLDecorator(object): def html(self): # an "enhanced" version of __repr__ return cgi.escape(self.__repr__()).join(("<H1>","</H1>")) print HTMLDecorator(inst_x).html() print HTMLDecorator(inst_y).html() wrapped_z = HTMLDecorator(inst_z) inst_z[0] += 70 wrapped_z[0] += 71 print wrapped_z.html() print HTMLDecorator(inst_b).html() Output: Traceback (most recent call last): File "html.py", line 21, in <module> print HTMLDecorator(inst_x).html() TypeError: default __new__ takes no parameters Can I simply decorate an existing instance? Cheers N -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list