perhaps a __copy__?
thanks for you help on this.
On Nov 15, 3:34 am, "Xie&Tian" <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's nothing wrong with using copy module of standard python, I just
> find it more convenient with a .copy() method. And plus, since Storage
> inherits dict, developer can call .copy() and expect a Storage object
> returned. Currently it returns dict and that breaks the coherence of
> the behaviour of Storage.
>
> Sorry I didn't test the patch thoroughly. I'll post another later.
>
> 2009/11/15 mdipierro <[email protected]>:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I like idea but there is a problem. It break backward compatibility
> > for apps that use a session variable named 'copy'
>
> >>>> class A(dict):
> > ... def __getattr__(self,key): return self[key]
> > ... def __setattr__(self,key,value): self[key]=value
> > ... def copy(self): return self
> >>>> a=A()
> >>>> a.b=5
> >>>> a.b
> > 5
> >>>> a.copy()
> > {'b': 5}
> >>>> a.copy=6
> >>>> a.copy
> > <bound method A.copy of {'copy': 6, 'b': 5}>
> > should be 6 for backward compatibility
>
> > what is wrong with?
> > from copy import copy
> > a=Storage()
> > b=copy(a)
>
> > On Nov 15, 1:56 am, "Xie&Tian" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Here is a patch for gluon.storage.Storage object. I added a "copy()"
> >> method so that when copying an storage object you can get another
> >> storage object instead of a dict. Note that this is a simple shadow
> >> copy.
>
> >> Hope it helps.
>
> >> --
> >> Luyun Xie
> >> 谢路云http://magefromhell.blogspot.com/
> >> (http://blog.hellmage.info/)
>
> >> storage.py.diff
> >> < 1KViewDownload
>
> --
> Luyun Xie
> 谢路云http://magefromhell.blogspot.com/
> (http://blog.hellmage.info/)
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