Python Macros

[Jeff Shannon]

Arich Chanachai wrote:

> <SNIP>

>> You mean some refinement of this sort of thing:
>>
>>    class X(object):
>>           a = "lives in X"
>>           def __getattr__(self, name):
>>            return getattr(U,name)
>>       class U(object):
>>           b = "lives in Y"
>>       x = X()
>>    print x.a
>>    print x.b
>>
>> ?
>>  
>
> Sure, but what if I dynamically (at runtime) extend X to include 
> variable b.  Will it then print X.b or still U.b?


In this case, as I understand it, adding an attribute b to either x (the 
instance) or X (the class) will cause x.b to resolve to the new 
attribute, and *not* to U.b -- attributes are dynamically looked up each 
time they are used, and __getattr__() is called only when the standard 
lookup methods (instance, class, superclass, ...) fail. 

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International