Static method

[Stefan Behnel]

mk, 18.02.2010 12:12:
> I'm trying to get print_internal_date become a static method AND to
> refer to it in a class attribute 'tagdata' dict.
> 
> class PYFileInfo(FileInfo):
>     'python file properties'
> 
>     @staticmethod
>     def print_internal_date(filename):
>         f = open(filename + 'c', "rb")
>         data = f.read(8)
>         mtime = struct.unpack("<i", data[4:])
>         return time.asctime(time.gmtime(mtime[0]))
> 
>     tagdata = {'compiled_fname': lambda x: x + 'c',
>                 'size': os.path.getsize,
>                 'internal_date': print_internal_date
>             }

You can 'unroll' the decorator like this:

class PYFileInfo(FileInfo):
    def print_internal_date(filename):
        f = open(filename + 'c', "rb")
        data = f.read(8)
        mtime = struct.unpack("<i", data[4:])
        return time.asctime(time.gmtime(mtime[0]))

    tagdata = {'compiled_fname': lambda x: x + 'c',
                'size': os.path.getsize,
                'internal_date': print_internal_date
            }

    print_internal_date = staticmethod(print_internal_date)

You can also define the function outside of the class and then assign it to
a class attribute, i.e.

def _print_internal_date(filename):
    f = open(filename + 'c', "rb")
    data = f.read(8)
    mtime = struct.unpack("<i", data[4:])
    return time.asctime(time.gmtime(mtime[0]))

class PYFileInfo(FileInfo):
    print_internal_date = _print_internal_date

    tagdata = {'compiled_fname': lambda x: x + 'c',
                'size': os.path.getsize,
                'internal_date': _print_internal_date
            }

Quite likely, there are other ways to achieve what you want more cleanly,
but without more background on your intended use case, it's hard to give
better advice.

Stefan