How to bound a method to a instance ?

[Emmanuel]

Wonderfull !!

I thank you very much for this clear explanation...

Emmanuel

=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?= a écrit :

> Emmanuel wrote:
> > main module :
> > --------------
> > import toto
> >
> > a = toto.toto()
> > a.method() -> does something ...
> >
> > reload (toto)
> > now a is not reloaded...
> >
> > a.method = toto.toto().method
> > does not work, because a.method would be bounded to a new instance...
>
> It might be best to change the class of a:
>
> reload (toto)
> a.__class__ = toto.toto
>
> Then, a.method will automatically become the new method. Of course,
> this will also change all other methods of toto, not just method.
>
> If you really want to change only method, you could do
>
> a.__class__.__dict__['method'] = toto.toto.__dict__['method']
>
> That would change just method, but of all instances of the old
> definition of toto.toto.
>
> If you really want to change only one method, and only of one
> object, you need to use new.instancemethod:
>
> a.method = new.instancemethod(toto.toto.method.im_func, a, a.__class__)
>
> Regards,
> Martin