Python is wierd!

[Rainer Deyke]

"Christian Tanzer" <tanzer at swing.co.at> wrote in message
news:m13HJaf-000wcDC at swing.co.at...
>"Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> wrote:
>> Static variables and methods are a mess anyway. In Python, there is no
>> need for them - just place the variables and functions outside the
>> class.
>
>That's a strong statement. But it is not true.
>
>If you write code using classes as first-class objects, class
>variables and methods can be very useful.

If you need an object that acts like a class with added features, you can
write a wrapper around the class.

class class_with_extra:
  def __init__(self, it, **extras):
    self.__dict__.update(extras)
    self.it = it
  def __getattr__(self, name):
    return getattr(self.it, name)


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