. Python 2.1 function attributes

[Roy Katz]

My question is this:

   what is the point of letting functions have attributes when
   the same role is fulfilled cleanly by classes which implement
   __call__()?

My previous long post showed an example. 


Roey


On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Terry Reedy wrote:

> Since functions are and always (for at least five years) have been
> (Py)Objects and since they have always had attributes (like many other
> types of PyObjects), it is still not clear what you are asking, and hence
> the paucity of answers.
> 
> The new thing in 2.1 is to allow users to directly set as well as read
> user-defined function attributes.  This eliminates the need for certain
> kludgy workarounds that people have been resorting to.
> 
> Terry J. Reedy
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