> I have this innocent and simple code: > > from collections import deque > exhaust_iter = deque(maxlen=0).extend > exhaust_iter.__doc__ = "Exhaust an iterator efficiently without > caching any of its yielded values." > > Obviously it does not work. Is there a way to get it to work simply > and without creating a new scope (which would be a rather inefficient > a way to set documentation, and would hamper introspection)? > > How about dropping the "simply" requirement?
I think the canonical way to specialize a class (even if it's only docstrings or method re-names) is to extend it with a new class. markj -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
