Getting a class attribute

[Oleg Broytmann]

On 24 Mar 2000, Roger Hansen wrote:

> * Oleg Broytmann
> > 
> > On 24 Mar 2000, Roger Hansen wrote:
> > >     def degree_sin4(self, deg, factor = self.a * math.pi/180.0, sin = math.sin):
> > >         return sin(deg * factor)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The question is how can I get "self.a" in degree_sin4? 
> > 
> >     def degree_sin4(self, deg, factor = None, sin = math.sin):
> >         if factor is None:
> >             factor = self.a * math.pi/180.0
> >         return sin(deg * factor)
> > 
> 
> I want to calculate factor as a default parameter value, because I
> want to speed up the method. The method will typically be called
> several thousand times. It is possible to get the class atribute "a"
> in the default function parameter?

   I doubt it. It is not class attribute, it is instance attribute.

Oleg.
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