[IronPython] Duck typing / builders

[Dino Viehland]

Yes, IronPython is completely duck typed, but I'm not certain how your x.bar & x.foo ties into that.

It almost sounds like you want foo and bar to be properties.  You can do that with:

class baz(object):
        @property
        def foo(self):
                print "I've been called"
                return 42
        @property
        def bar(self):
                print "Me too!"
                return 23

a = baz()
a.bar

which will print "Me too!" and return 23.  You can then also do anything with this object from there, eg:

a.xyz = 23

Traditionally duck typing refers to "if it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's a duck".  That's more like:

class balloon(object):
        def blowup(self):
                print 'inflating balloon'

class bomb(object):
        def blowup(self):
                print 'exploding'

def InflateIt(obj):
        obj.blowup()

InflateIt(bomb())
        Or
InflateIt(balloon())

Both call the blowup method disregarding the fact that blowing up a ballon and blowing up a bomb are two rather different concepts - but they both look like the same duck.


-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Hamilton Verissimo
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 11:19 AM
To: users at lists.ironpython.com
Subject: [IronPython] Duck typing / builders

Does IronPython support any form of duck typing? Ideally I want somethign like

x.foo
x.bar

And record this invocations to generate, well, other things.

Thanks

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