setattr question

[Gerard Flanagan]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> Gerard Flanagan wrote:
>
> > I have the following code:
> >
> > #### builder.py #########
> > class HtmlBuilder(object):
> >
> >     @staticmethod
> >     def page(title=''):
> >         return HtmlPage(title)
> >
> >     @staticmethod
> >     def element(tag, text=None, **attribs):
> >         return HtmlElement(tag, text, **attribs)
> >
> >     @staticmethod
> >     def literal(text):
> >         return HtmlLiteral(text)
>
> just curious, but what's the purpose of this class, and what gave
> you the idea to structure your program in this way ?
>
> </F>

In my defense, I can only quote Albert Einstein: "If we knew what it
was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"  I'm
writing a script to generate a few relatively static webpages and
upload them to a server, but it's as much a learning exercise as
anything else - I have no formal programming education. I thought the
Factory pattern would be appropriate here; the class you quote was a
first attempt and i knew it was undoubtedly the wrong approach, so
that's why i asked the group...

Gerard