what is a function object?

[zakons at eccelerate.com]

 Michael Hudson <mwh21 at cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Then "re.sub('{{[^}]*}}',Replacer(n).replace,line)" does what I want
> (NB: I could have called the `replace' method `__call__' and then
> written `Replacer(n).replace' as `Replacer(n)'; that I didn't is a
> personal bias of mine and makes no difference to the point).
>

Cool example Michael. I definitely prefer the use of `__call__' in this
example because it would encapsulate the entire behavior a lot better. I
like the idea of instantiating an object with behavior determined by the
parameters passed to the constructor, and having that object implement
the function's logic through the saved state.

Thanks,
Stuart



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