Re: Using '__mul__' within a class

I think the gist of your problem is that you are re-binding self in the
method. Here is a simpler example of your problem:

py> def doit(c):
.... c = 5
.... print "c in the method is", c
....
py> c = 42
py> print "c before calling the method is", c
c before calling the method is 42
py> doit(c)
c in the method is 5
py> print "c after calling the method is", c
c after calling the method is 42

James

On Saturday 24 September 2005 08:36, Gerard Flanagan wrote:
> Hello
>
> I'm pretty new to Python and was wondering why the 'Square' method in
> the following code doesn't work. It doesn't fail, just doesn't do
> anything ( at least, not what I'd like! ). Why doesn't 'A.a' equal 2
> after squaring?
> TIA.
>
>
> class FibonacciMatrix:
> def __init__( self ):
> self.a = 1
> self.b = 1
> self.c = 0
>
> def __mul__( self, other ):
> result = FibonacciMatrix()
> result.a = self.a * other.a + self.b * other.b
> result.b = self.a * other.b + self.b * other.c
> result.c = self.b * other.b + self.c * other.c
> return result
>
> def Square( self ):
> self *= self
>
>
> A = FibonacciMatrix()
> A.Square()
>
> print A.a #prints '1'
>
> A = FibonacciMatrix()
> B = A * A
>
> print B.a #prints '2'
>
> ------------------------------

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