Self modifying systems question

[Steven Taschuk]

Quoth Sten Kvamme:
> Self modifying code is a well known technology. Has anyone done this in
> Python? What I'm seeking for is examples of software that adds to
> itself (methods and variables) in runtime. I'd like an instantiated 
> object to
> be able to add a method to itself.

Others have already shown examples of how Python's intrinsic
dynamism lets you add attributes (including methods) to objects at
runtime.

For a more alarming example, in which a class, at runtime,
rewrites its own source and gets recompiled, see Michele
Simionato's post
    <http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e6cf42cbc54a7420>
from 17 March.

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Steven Taschuk                staschuk at telusplanet.net
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