Detect target name in descriptor __set__ method

[Rainer Mansfeld]

Gabriel Genellina schrieb:
> I have a class attribute 'foo' which is a data descriptor. I create an 
> instance of such class. When I say instance.foo = value, the descriptor 
> __set__ method is called. Is there any way to obtain the name being 
> assigned to? ('foo' in this example). That is, I want to know the target 
> name for the assignment that triggered the __set__ method call.
> 

class descriptor(object):
     def __get__(self, instance, owner):
       return self

     def __set__(self, instance, value):
         # I want to know the *name* this value is being assigned to
         for name in instance.__class__.__dict__:
             if getattr(instance, name) is self:
                 print "assigning to %s" % name
                 break


class X(object):
     foo = descriptor()
     bar = descriptor()

class Y(object):
     foo = descriptor()
     baz = descriptor()

x = X()
y = Y()

x.foo = "value"
x.bar = "value"
y.foo = "value"
y.baz = "value"

Does this work for you?

    Rainer