derived classes and __getattr__

[Alexandru Mosoi]

On Sep 5, 11:47 am, Peter Otten <__pete... at web.de> wrote:
> Alexandru Moșoi wrote:
> > i'm facing the following problem:
>
> > class Base(object):
> >   def __getattr__(self, attr): return lambda x: attr + '_' + x
>
> > def dec(callable):
> >   return lambda *args: 'dec_' + callable(*args)
>
> > class Derived(Base):
> >    what_so_ever = dec(Base.what_so_ever) # wrong, base doesn't have
> > what_so_ever
> >    mumu = dec(Base.mumu)                          # wrong, base
> > doesn't have mumu
>
> > any idea how to do this?
>
> __getattr__() is defined in the class to create instance attributes on the
> fly. If you want class attributes you have to put the __getattr__() method
> into the class of the class, or "metaclass":
>
> class Base(object):
>     class __metaclass__(type):
>         def __getattr__(self, attr):
>             return lambda self, x: attr + '_' + x
>
> def dec(callable):
>     return lambda *args: 'dec_' + callable(*args)
>
> class Derived(Base):
>    what_so_ever = dec(Base.what_so_ever)
>
> d = Derived()
> print d.what_so_ever("42")
>
> I don't see how you can turn this into something useful...
>
> Peter

10x. it works. however I have another small problem. now,
d.third('blah') doesn't work because instance d doesn't have 'third'
attribute. I was expecting derived class to inherit the metaclass as
well, but it didn't.