#19733: Assignment of special methods does not work in Cython
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Reporter: jdemeyer | Owner:
Type: defect | Status: needs_review
Priority: blocker | Milestone: sage-6.10
Component: cython | Resolution:
Keywords: | Merged in:
Authors: Jeroen Demeyer | Reviewers:
Report Upstream: N/A | Work issues:
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Description changed by jdemeyer:
Old description:
> In Cython, you cannot do
> {{{
> cdef class Foo:
> __str__ = whatever
> }}}
> and expect it to work.
>
> I don't know if this a Cython or Python bug or feature...
>
> It's also a mystery why it ''does'' work in certain cases, like the
> `__len__ = cardinality` in
> `src/sage/rings/finite_rings/finite_field_base.pyx`.
New description:
In Cython, you cannot do
{{{
cdef class Foo:
__str__ = whatever
}}}
and expect it to work.
I don't know if this a Cython or Python bug or feature...
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When deriving a `class` (not `cdef class`) this kind of assignment
suddenly works::
{{{
cdef class Base(object):
def my_str(self):
return "good"
__str__ = my_str
class Derived(Base):
pass
}}}
gives
{{{
sage: str(Base())
'<_home_jdemeyer__sage_temp_tamiyo_8430_tmp__MunIM_spyx_0.Base object
at 0x7fb54ae544d0>'
sage: str(Derived())
'good'
}}}
This also explains why the `__len__ = cardinality` in
`src/sage/rings/finite_rings/finite_field_base.pyx` works. It doesn't work
on the level of `sage.rings.finite_rings.finite_field_base.FiniteField`,
but it works at the level of the actual finite field classes (which are
Python classes).
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