variable name and type confusion...

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

eugene kim fed this fish to the penguins on Monday 25 November 2002 
10:37 pm:

> after table_name = Graph(table),
> graphs.append(table_name) appends string type not Graph type
> 
> if i do exec "table_name = Graph(table)"
> graphs.append(table_name) appends Graph type..
> 
> is this expected behavior?
> i'm using python 2.2.1
> 
> table_list = ['abc', 'def']
> tables['abc'] = Table(a)
> tables['def'] = Table(b)
> 
> graphs = []
> def tests(Graph):
>     for table_name in table_list:
>         table = tables[table_name]
>         table_name = Graph(table) <--------------here
>         graphs.append(table_name)

        Where is the rest of the program? IOW, how are you calling function 
"tests"... What is being passed into the function to be argument Graph.

        Also, you need to define graphs as global to get your results out of 
the routine.

        Heck, why are you tring to assign to the loop variable? You're using 
"table_name" in two different ways; it is possible that the next loop 
cycle is changing what you thought you appended.



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