Question on importing and function defs

[Gary Herron]

TC wrote:
> I have a problem.  Here's a simplified version of what I'm doing:
>
> I have functions a() and b() in a module called 'mod'.  b() calls a().
>
> So now, I have this program:
>
> from mod import *
>
> def a():
>     blahblah
>
> b()
>
>
> The problem being, b() is calling the a() that's in mod, not the new
> a() that I want to replace it.  (Both a()'s have identical function
> headers, in case that matters.)  How can I fix this?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>   

Since b calls mod.a, you could replace mod.a with your new a.  Like 
this:  (Warning, this could be considered bad style because it will 
confuse anyone who examines the mod module in an attempt to understand 
you code.)


  import mod

  def replacement_a():
    ...

  mod.a = replacement_a

  ...


Or another option.  Define b to take, as a parameter, the "a" function 
to call.

In mod:

  def a():
   ...

  def b(fn=a):  # to set the default a to call
    ...

And you main program:

  from mod import *

  def my_a():
    ...

  b(my_a)


Hope that helps

Gary Herron