Dynamic class methods misunderstanding

[Terry Reedy]

"Kamilche" <klachemin at comcast.net> wrote in message 
news:1106928492.114459.191320 at c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
>I see what you're attempting to do. However, your code, if it DID run,
> would result in a method being added to the object, not the object's
> class! Modify the class itself, not the object, as follows:
>
> |class Test:
> |    def __init__(self):
> |        self.method()
> |
> |def m(self):
> |    print self
> |
> |setattr(Test, 'method', m)

# this is a longwinded way to say
Test.method = m

setattr is for when you do *not* know the attribute name at coding time but 
will have it in a string at run time, as in

methodname = 'method'
......# some time later
setattr(Test, methodname, m)

Sometime Python makes things easier than people are initially willing to 
believe ;-)

> |Test()

Terry J. Reedy