Why instancemethod when I can add functions to classes outside class body?
Rim
rimbalaya at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 25 00:27:38 EDT 2003
Hi,
It appears to me the simplest way to add a function to a class outside
of the class declaration is as follows:
>>> class a(object):
... pass
...
>>> def f(self):
... print 'hi'
...
>>> a.f = f
>>> b=a()
>>> b.f()
hi
It works even when the class and the function are in defined in
different modules,
and the call to the method in a third module.
So what problem is the new.instancemethod() trying to solve?
It is ok to point me to a PEP or the like.
Thanks,
- Rim
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