[Numpy-discussion] function name as parameter

Robert Kern robert.kern at gmail.com
Wed Oct 20 17:10:46 EDT 2010


On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 15:58, Johann Cohen-Tanugi <cohen at lpta.in2p3.fr> wrote:
> On 10/20/2010 10:35 PM, Nathaniel Smith wrote:

>> IMPORTANT USAGE NOTE: never do this :-)
>>
> What would you recommand? I do encounter situations where I need
> instantiation based on the name of the thing to instantiate, typically
> passed as an argument by the client code/user.....

Example?

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