Using eval, or something like it...

[James Mills]

DON'T USE eval!

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:44 AM, r0g <aioe.org at technicalbloke.com> wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I know you can use eval to dynamically generate the name of a function
> you may want to call. Can it (or some equivalent method) also be used to
> do the same thing for the variables of a class e.g.
>
> class Foo():
>  bar = 1
>  gum = 2
>
> mylist = ['bar','gum']
>
> a = Foo()
> for each in mylist:
>  a.eval(each) = 999
>
>
> If so, what is the proper syntax/method for this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roger.
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