How to store a function pointer in class?

[Sami Hangaslammi]

Consider the follwing example:

>>> sys.version
'1.5.2 (#0, Apr 13 1999, 10:51:12) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)]'
>>> class Test:
        class_attribute = None

>>> def test_func(x):
        print "test_func called with",x

>>> test_func
<function test_func at b4e620>
>>> Test.class_attribute = test_func
>>> Test.class_attribute
<unbound method Test.test_func>
>>> Test.__dict__['class_attribute']
<function test_func at b4e620>

Now I have a script where I need to store pointers to functions (among
other things) to class attributes and retrieve them as ordinary
functions. How do I do this (besides that VERY ugly syntax above)?

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Sami Hangaslammi
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