Init a table of functions

[Richard Blackwood]

Andrew Dalke wrote:

> Paulo da Silva wrote:
>
>> class foo:
>>     def f1():
>>         print "f1"
>>     f1=staticmethod(f1)
>
>   ...
>
>>     K={"f1" : foo.f1, \
>>        "f1" : foo.f2  \
>>     }
>
>
> The name 'foo' doesn't exist as a global variable
> until after the class definition has been fully
> executed.  To make what you want work do
>
>
> class foo:
>     def f1():
>         print "f1"
>     f1=staticmethod(f1)
>
>     def f2():
>         print "f2"
>     f2 = staticmethod(f2)
>
>     K={"f1" : f1,
>        "f2" : f2,
>     }
>
> This works because the class definition creates
> its own scope, and 'f1' and 'f2' are valid variables
> in that scope.
>
> NOTE: I removed the unneeded "\" characters for
> stylistic reasons.  If there's a "{" (or "(" or "[")
> then the interpreter doesn't assume that a newline
> means the end of the statement until after the
> closing character.
>
> The only time it's really needed is for the print
> statement.  In almost every other case you should
> use some sort of parenthesis, brackets, etc.  For
> example, instead of
>
> a = this_is_a_very_long_variable_name + \
>      and_here_is_another_long_name
>
> you should use
>
>
> a = (this_is_a_very_long_variable_name +
>      and_here_is_another_long_name)
>
>                 Andrew
>                 dalke at dalkescientific.com

Yo Andrew.  That doesn't work.  Check my previous post w/ errors.