modifying method behaviour

[Nicodemus]

Hannu Kankaanpää wrote:

>Nicodemus <nicodemus at globalite.com.br> wrote in message news:<mailman.1061945272.22252.python-list at python.org>...
>  
>
>>Use the new descriptor protocol:
>>
>>class logmethod(object):
>>
>>    def __init__(self, func):
>>        self.func = func
>>
>>    def __get__(self, obj, class_):
>>        def logger(s, *args, **kwargs):
>>            result = self.func(s, *args, **kwargs)
>>            params = [repr(x) for x in args]
>>            params += ['%s=%r' % (name, value) for name, value in 
>>kwargs.items()]
>>            print 'LOG: %s(%s)' % (self.func.__name__, ', '.join(params))
>>            return result
>>        return logger.__get__(obj)
>>    
>>
>
>Actually, since we're accessing functions, not variables,
>descriptors aren't useful. This would do also:
>
>def logmethod(func):
>    def logger(s, *args, **kwargs):
>        result = func(s, *args, **kwargs)
>        params = [repr(x) for x in args]
>        params += ['%s=%r' % (name, value) for name, value in kwargs.items()]
>        print 'LOG: %s(%s)' % (func.__name__, ', '.join(params))
>        return result
>    return logger
>  
>

Actually, methods are also descriptors, so the use that I indicated is 
valid. But I agree that your logmethod function works, and actually it's 
better, since it is simpler... for this case, descriptors are really 
overkill. Thanks for the remainder.

Regards,
Nicodemus.