Re: Adding bound methods dynamically...

Kevin Little wrote:

I want to dynamically add or replace bound methods in a class. I want


I asked a seemingly-unrelated question a week or so ago, and learned something interesting:

Python 2.3.4 (#2, Jul 12 2004, 12:46:36)
[GCC 3.3] on sunos5
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>>> def foo(self):
...     print "foo called"
...
>>> class C(object):
...     pass
...
>>> type(foo)
<type 'function'>
>>> C.foo = foo
>>> type(C.foo)
<type 'instancemethod'>
>>> c = C()
>>> c.foo()
foo called
>>> type(c.foo)
<type 'instancemethod'>
>>>

I.e. assigning a normal function object to a class object turns it into a member function!

You can read more in the thread with the subject 'keeping a ref to a non-member function in a class'.
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