dynamic function add to an instance of a class

[Peter Otten]

Richard Lamboj wrote:

> i want to add functions to an instance of a class at runtime. The added
> function should contain a default parameter value. The function name and
> function default paramter values should be set dynamical.

>>> class A(object):
...     def __init__(self, x):
...             self.x = x
...     def m(self):
...             return self.f(self.x)
...
>>> a = A(42)
>>>
>>> def foo(self, a, b):
...     return self.x + a**b
...
>>> from functools import partial
>>> a.f = partial(foo, a, 3)
>>> a.m()
109418989131512359251L
>>> 42 + 3**42 == _
True

Confused? The important points are

(1)

functools.partial(f, a1, a2, a3, ...)(b1, b2, b3, ...)

is equivalent to

f(a1, a2, a3, ..., b1, b2, b3, ...)

(2)

If you stick a function into an instance

a.f = f

the call

a.f()

will not automagically pass self as the first argument.

Peter