Re: is it possible to add a property to an instance?

2009-02-20 Thread Alan Isaac
Darren Dale wrote to GHUM: Sorry, that's an attribute, not a property. This is a question about terminology. In contrast to Darren's recommended usage, I have run into the following. If hasattr(x,'a') is True, for instance object `x`, then `a` is an attribute of `x`. Attributes are data

is it possible to add a property to an instance?

2008-07-22 Thread Darren Dale
Does anyone know if it is possible to add a property to an instance at runtime? I didn't see anything about it in the standard library's new module, google hasn't turned up much either. Thanks, Darren -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: is it possible to add a property to an instance?

2008-07-22 Thread GHUM
Does anyone know if it is possible to add a property to an instance at runtime? I didn't see anything about it in the standard library's new module, google hasn't turned up much either. yes. You need nothing special, just add it: class fish(object): pass a=fish() a.legs=4 print a.legs

Re: is it possible to add a property to an instance?

2008-07-22 Thread Darren Dale
GHUM wrote: Does anyone know if it is possible to add a property to an instance at runtime? I didn't see anything about it in the standard library's new module, google hasn't turned up much either. yes. You need nothing special, just add it: class fish(object): pass a=fish()