there was discussion related to this same problem earlier in the week. http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ad08eb9eb83a4e61/d1906cbc26e16d15?q=Mangle+function+name+with+decorator%3F
andrew Daniel Fetchinson wrote: > I'd like to implement a decorator that would rename the method which > it decorates. Since it's a tricky thing in general involving all sorts > of __magic__ I thought I would ask around first before writing > something buggy :) > > It should work something like this: > > class myclass( object ): > @rename( 'hello' ) > def method( self ): > print 'ok' > > # tests > > inst = myclass( ) > inst.method( ) # raise an AttributeError > inst.hello( ) # prints 'ok' > myclass.method # raise an AttributeError > myclass.hello # prints <unbound method myclass.hello> > assert 'method' in dir( myclass ) is False > assert 'hello' in dir( myclass ) is True > > Any ideas? > > Cheers, > Daniel > > -- > Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
