I'm trying to get the hang of Python's OO model, so I set up this
conceptually simple problem of creating a new file-like class to
read a certain type of file. The data in this type of file consists
of multiline chunks separated by lines consisting of a single
..
My first crack at it looks
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:56:09 +, kj wrote:
...
I thought at first that I could achieve this by overriding __getattr__:
def __getattr__(self, attribute):
return self.fh.__getattr__(attribute)
But to my surprise this did not work too well. For example, if I use a
GzipFile
In pan.2009.09.16.22.09...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au Steven D'Aprano
ste...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au writes:
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:56:09 +, kj wrote:
...
I thought at first that I could achieve this by overriding __getattr__:
def __getattr__(self, attribute):
kj wrote:
I'm trying to get the hang of Python's OO model, so I set up this
conceptually simple problem of creating a new file-like class to
read a certain type of file. The data in this type of file consists
of multiline chunks separated by lines consisting of a single
..
My first crack at
On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:06:18 +, kj wrote:
Instead of:
x.__getattr__('name')
write this:
getattr(x, 'name')
This did the trick.
For the record, it's fairly unusual to call double-underscore special
methods directly. Any time you think you need to, it's worth a rethink.
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