[Tutor] Dynamic inheritance?

[Jan Eden]

Hi Kent,

Kent Johnson wrote on 19.11.2005:

>Jan Eden wrote:

>> Is there a way to dynamically determine the value of Super at
>> runtime? Background: Depending on certain object attributes which are
>> set during the object initialization, I need to use a different set
>> of templates for the respective object.
>
>Sure, just import the correct template module conditionally and give it a new 
>name:
>
>if site == 'siteA':
>  import SiteA as Super
>else
>  import SiteB as Super
>
>class A(Super.A):
>
>etc.
>
>If you need to do the import based on a string use the __import__() function:
>http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html
>
Excellent. This is exactly what I need. I was not aware of the fact that you can rename modules upon importing them.

>> The problem is that the template classes are not self contained, i.e.
>> SiteB.Gallery inherits from SiteB.List, SiteB.Base etc.> 
>> Thanks in advance,
>
>I don't see why that is a problem?
>
Please disregard the last statement in my first message: There is indeed no problem with this requirement.

Thanks for your help,

Jan
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