> >From what I've read so far, globals are actively discouraged. A class > seems like the best approach. > > I'm actually pretty surprised that there isn't a built-in facility with > Python for referencing functions like this. In reading Python in a > Nutshell, prior to asking my questions here, I had thought that there > probably was, but I just wasn't grasping it.
Hi DS, Modules can be thought of as containers for functions. As a concrete example, let's say we have a module named 'functions': ###### # in functions.py def A(): print "A" def B(): print "B" def C(): print "C" ###### In other programs, this 'functions' module can be imported and dir()ed: ###### >>> import functions >>> dir(functions) ['A', 'B', 'C', '__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__'] ###### There are our attributes of the 'functions' module. Those functions in the module can also be called: ###### >>> getattr(functions, 'A') <function A at 0x403a6ae4> >>> >>> getattr(functions, 'A')() A ###### I'm not exactly sure if this is what you want, but this shows a simple way to highlight a selection of functions, by using a module as the container. Best of wishes! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
