[Python-ideas] Interrogate alternate namespace keyword and concept

[ilya]

Even if for some reason you needed a statement similar to Pascal's
"with" (and no, I don't know any example where this could be useful
since you'll lose access to anything other then the class), you could
implement it with existing syntax:

class Test:
    '''Class to be interrogated.'''
    def __init__(self, value):
        self.value = value

test = Test(10)

class getattrs(dict):
    '''An auxiliary class.'''
    def __init__(self, instance):
        self.instance = instance
    def __getitem__(self, name):
        return getattr(self.instance, name)
    def __setitem__(self, name, value):
        return setattr(self.instance, name, value)

# interrogate test: value += 5
exec('value += 5', getattrs(test))

print(test.value)
# prints 15.


On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Nick Coghlan<ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> I don't think there are any problems with a Pascal-style 'with'
>> statement that couldn't be overcome, but I don't think the benefit is
>> great enough to create a new keyword for it. Can you explain in more
>> detail why this proposed feature is useful?
>
> Also, if you just want to be able to chain multiple namespaces together,
> you can do that by implementing an appropriate class with a custom
> __getattr__ method.
>
> Cheers,
> Nick.
>
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> Nick Coghlan   |   ncoghlan at gmail.com   |   Brisbane, Australia
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