Monkeypatching an object to become callable

[Nikolaus Rath]

Hi,

I want to monkeypatch an object so that it becomes callable, although
originally it is not meant to be. (Yes, I think I do have a good reason
to do so).

But simply adding a __call__ attribute to the object apparently isn't
enough, and I do not want to touch the class object (since it would
modify all the instances):

>>> class foo(object):
...   pass
... 
>>> t = foo()
>>> def test():
...   print 'bar'
... 
>>> t()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'foo' object is not callable
>>> t.__call__ = test
>>> t()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: 'foo' object is not callable
>>> t.__call__()
bar


Is there an additional trick to get it to work?


Best,

   -Nikolaus

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