[IronPython] Evaluating python from within the context of a class

[Michael Foord]

Michael Stephens wrote:
> Closer.. but self.__dict__ is empty and cannot find test.  We are 
> trying to wire up property expressions in our system.   So 
> control.Enable="GetEnabled()" rather than what we have now which is 
> control.Enable="currentform.GetEnabled()"
>
> I thought I could eval the RHS inside the class to get what i wanted 
> but alas no dice.
>

Well, you could do it in RT.__dict__ - but you would have to make test a 
staticmethod.

Why not maintain an explicit dictionary as a context?

Michael

> Michael Stephens
>
> Electrical Engineering Graduate Student
> University of Wyoming
> falcon at uwyo.edu <mailto:falcon at uwyo.edu> or 89iroc at gmail.com 
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> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Michael Foord 
> <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk <mailto:fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>> wrote:
>
>     Michael Stephens wrote:
>
>         I want to be able to execute arbitrary expressions but have
>         their context be within my class.  The end result is that RT
>         test should be printed and not global test
>
>         def test():
>          print "global test"
>
>         class RT:
>          def test(_self_):
>          print 'RT test'
>          def Evaluate(_self_,code):
>          eval(code)
>
>
>     exec code in self.__dict__
>
>     Might work.
>
>     Michael
>
>
>         test()
>         a.test()
>         a=RT()
>         a.Evaluate('test()')
>
>         Michael Stephens
>
>         Electrical Engineering Graduate Student
>         University of Wyoming
>         falcon at uwyo.edu <mailto:falcon at uwyo.edu>
>         <mailto:falcon at uwyo.edu <mailto:falcon at uwyo.edu>> or
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