Using getattr to access inherited methods

[daishi]

Hi,

The following code appears to be doing what I'd expect, but
I'm wondering if someone could confirm that there aren't any
"gotchas" hidden in using methods accessed in this way. In
particular, should I be concerned that in the example below,
f is different from g and h when applying f to instances of
test.Sub? For my simple example things appear reasonable, but ...

Thanks,
Daishi

---test.py
class Super:
    def __init__(self):
        self.fn = None
    def applyFn(self, arg):
        if self.fn:
            return self.fn(arg)
        else:
            return "No function defined"

class Sub(Super):
    def __init__(self):
        self.fn = self.aFn
    def aFn(self, x):
        return x+2

---Python shell
% python
Python 2.2.3+ (#1, Jul  5 2003, 11:04:18) 
[GCC 3.3.1 20030626 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import test
>>> test.Super
<class test.Super at 0x816a2bc>
>>> test.Sub
<class test.Sub at 0x8170bd4>
>>> s = test.Sub()
>>> s.__class__
<class test.Sub at 0x8170bd4>
>>> f = getattr(test.Super, 'applyFn')
>>> g = getattr(test.Sub, 'applyFn')
>>> h = getattr(s.__class__, 'applyFn')
>>> f
<unbound method Super.applyFn>
>>> g
<unbound method Sub.applyFn>
>>> h
<unbound method Sub.applyFn>
>>> f(s, 3)
5
>>> g(s, 3)
5
>>> h(s, 3)
5
>>>