Reflection: Calling Methods Dynamically by Name

[harrc at my-deja.com]

Question for Guido or language experts:

Does Python have the ability to call methods of a class by name?  For
example, I have a string: "ProcessData" and the class MyClass has a
method called ProcessData.  Is there a way I can do something like this:

mc = MyClass()
str = "ProcessData"
args = ("Data", 1, 3)
CallMethodByName(mc, str, args)

or perhaps:

mc = MyClass()
str = "ProcessData"
args = ("Data", 1, 3)
mc.CallMethodByName(str, args)


This reflection-esque behavior would be very useful.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Chad Harrington



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