Andy Cheesman wrote:
> for thing in ["top", "right", "bottom", "left"]:
> eval("self." + thing).append("fish")
You don't need to use eval() here, use getattr() instead:
getattr(self, thing).append('fish')
> eval("self." + thing +"_extra")
> eval("self." + thing) = external_function(eval("self." + thing)) #This
> falls
It would help if you said *how* it fails - the specific error message
and traceback. I guess it is failing on the left side of the assignment,
not the function call. The result of eval("self." + thing) is the value
of self.thing, not an assignable reference. You should use getattr() and
setattr() here:
new_value = external_function(getattr(self, thing))
setattr(self, thing, new_value)
or in one line if you like:
setattr(self, thing, external_function(getattr(self, thing)))
http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html
Kent
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