Re: [Python-Dev] str with base

On 1/17/06, "Martin v. Löwis" martin@v.loewis.de wrote:

class Color: msg = {'en':['red', 'green', 'blue'], 'de':['rot','grün','blau']} def __str__(self, language='en'): return self.msg[language][self.value]

red = Color(0)

so you could say

print str(red, 'de')

I don't think I like this direction.

I agree that *args makes the code non-obvious. However, if **kwargs is used instead:

def str(obj, **kwargs): return obj.__str__(**kwargs)

class Color: msg = {'en':['red', 'green', 'blue'], 'de':['rot','grün','blau']} def __str__(self, language='en'): return self.msg[language][self.value]

red = Color(0)

print str(red, language='de')

I find that quite readable.

-- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus