Hello everybody!
I have little problem:
class A:
def __init__(self, n):
self.data = n
def f(self, x = ????)
print x
All I want is to make self.data the default argument for self.f(). (I
want to use 'A' class as following :
myA = A(5)
myA.f()
and get printed '5' as a result.)
Nov 22 '05
44 2774
Thanks a lot, I understood the rule. Let's don't discuss this
(containers etc.) anymore, or it'll be offtopic.
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:44:23 +0100, bruno at modulix wrote: Another solution to this is the use of a 'marker' object and identity test:
_marker = [] class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data =n def f(self, x = _marker): if x is _marker: x = self.data print x
I would like to see _marker put inside the class' scope. That prevents
somebody from the outside scope easily passing _marker as an argument to
instance.f. It also neatly encapsulates everything A needs within A.
class A(object):
_marker = []
def __init__(self, n):
self.data =n
def f(self, x = _marker):
if x is self.__class__. _marker:
# must use "is" and not "=="
x = self.data
print x
Note the gotcha though: in the method definition, you refer to a plain
_marker, but in the method code block, you need to qualify it.
--
Steven.
Steven D'Aprano wrote: Another solution to this is the use of a 'marker' object and identity test:
_marker = [] class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data =n def f(self, x = _marker): if x is _marker: x = self.data print x
I would like to see _marker put inside the class' scope. That prevents somebody from the outside scope easily passing _marker as an argument to instance.f.
if you don't want people to be able to easily pass _marker as an argument
to the f method, you probably shouldn't use it as the default value.
</F>
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:51:18 +0100, "Fredrik Lundh" <fr*****@python ware.com> wrote: Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Another solution to this is the use of a 'marker' object and identity test:
_marker = [] class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data =n def f(self, x = _marker): if x is _marker: x = self.data print x
I would like to see _marker put inside the class' scope. That prevents somebody from the outside scope easily passing _marker as an argument to instance.f.
if you don't want people to be able to easily pass _marker as an argument to the f method, you probably shouldn't use it as the default value.
LOL ;-)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
On Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:51:18 +0100, "Fredrik Lundh" <fr*****@python ware.com> wrote: Steven D'Aprano wrote:
Another solution to this is the use of a 'marker' object and identity test:
_marker = [] class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data =n def f(self, x = _marker): if x is _marker: x = self.data print x
I would like to see _marker put inside the class' scope. That prevents somebody from the outside scope easily passing _marker as an argument to instance.f.
if you don't want people to be able to easily pass _marker as an argument to the f method, you probably shouldn't use it as the default value.
LOL ;-)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
On 15 Nov 2005 11:02:38 -0800, "Martin Miller" <gg************ ****@dfgh.net> wrote: Alex Martelli wrote, in part: If it's crucial to you to have some default argument value evaluated at time X, then, by Python's simple rules, you know that you must arrange for the 'def' statement itself to execute at time X. In this case, for example, if being able to have self.data as the default argument value is the crucial aspect of the program, you must ensure that the 'def' runs AFTER self.data has the value you desire.
For example:
class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data = n def f(self, x = self.data) print x self.f = f
This way, of course, each instance a of class A will have a SEPARATE callable attribute a.f which is the function you desire; this is inevitable, since functions store their default argument values as part of their per-function data. Since you want a.f and b.f to have different default values for the argument (respectively a.data and b.data), therefore a.f and b.f just cannot be the SAME function object -- this is another way to look at your issue, in terms of what's stored where rather than of what evaluates when, but of course it leads to exactly the same conclusion.
FWIT and ignoring the small typo on the inner def statement (the missing ':'), the example didn't work as I (and possibily others) might expect. Namely it doesn't make function f() a bound method of instances of class A, so calls to it don't receive an automatic 'self'' argument when called on instances of class A.
This is fairly easy to remedy use the standard new module thusly:
import new class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data = n def f(self, x = self.data): print x self.f = new.instancemet hod(f, self, A)
This change underscores the fact that each instance of class A gets a different independent f() method. Despite this nit, I believe I understand the points Alex makes about the subject (and would agree).
Or as Alex mentioned, a custom descriptor etc is possible, and can also
protect against replacing f by simple instance attribute assignment
like inst.f = something, or do some filtering to exclude non-function
assignments etc., e.g., (not sure what self.data is really
needed for, but we'll keep it):
BTW, note that self.data initially duplicates the default value,
but self.data per se is not used by the function (until the instance
method is replace by one that does, see further on) class BindInstMethod( object):
... def __init__(self, inst_fname):
... self.inst_fname = inst_fname
... def __get__(self, inst, cls=None):
... if inst is None: return self
... return inst.__dict__[self.inst_fname].__get__(inst, cls) # return bound instance method
... def __set__(self, inst, val):
... if not callable(val) or not hasattr(val, '__get__'): # screen out some impossible methods
... raise AttributeError, '%s may not be replaced by %r' % (self.inst_fnam e, val)
... inst.__dict__[self.inst_fname] = val
...
The above class defines a custom descriptor that can be instatiated as a class
variable of a given name. When that name is thereafter accessed as an attribute
of an instance of the latter class (e.g. A below), the decriptor __get__ or __set__
methods will be called (the __set__ makes it a "data" descriptor, which intercepts
instance attribute assignment.
class A(object):
... def __init__(self, n):
... self.data = n
... def f(self, x = self.data):
... print x
... self.__dict__['f'] = f # set instance attr w/o triggering descriptor
... f = BindInstMethod( 'f')
...
a = A(5) a.f
<bound method A.f of <__main__.A object at 0x02EF3B0C>>
Note that a.f is dynamically bound at the time of a.f access, not
retrieved as a prebound instance method.
a.f()
5 a.f('not default 5')
not default 5 a.data
5 a.data = 'not original data 5'
Since the default is an independent duplicate of a.data
a call with no arg produces the original default: a.f()
5 a.data
'not original data 5' a.f('this arg overrides the default')
this arg overrides the default
Try to change a.f a.f = 'sabotage f'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 10, in __set__
AttributeError: f may not be replaced by 'sabotage f'
Now use a function, which should be accepted (note: a function, not an instance method) a.f = lambda self: self.data*2 a.f
<bound method A.<lambda> of <__main__.A object at 0x02EF3B0C>>
Plainly the method was dynamically bound
a.f()
'not original data 5not original data 5'
That was self.data*2 per the lambda we just assigned to a.f
BTW, the assignment is not directly to the instance attribute.
It goes via the descriptor __set__ method.
a.data = 12 a.f()
24 b = A('bee') b.f
<bound method A.f of <__main__.A object at 0x02EF3BAC>> b.f()
bee b.f('not bee')
not bee b.data
'bee' b.data = 'no longer bee' b.f()
bee b.data
'no longer bee' b.f = lambda self: ' -- '.join([self.data]*3) b.data
'no longer bee' b.data = 'ha' b.f()
'ha -- ha -- ha' b.f = lambda self, n='default of n':n b.data
'ha' b.f(123)
123 b.f()
'default of n' a.f()
24
Now let's add another name that can be used on instances like f A.g = BindInstMethod( 'g') a.g = lambda self:'a.g' a.f()
24 a.g()
'a.g' a.g(123)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: <lambda>() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)
Aha, the bound method got self as a first arg, but we defined g without any args.
b.g
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 7, in __get__
KeyError: 'g'
No instance method b.g defined yet (A.__init__ only defines f)
Make one with a default b.g = lambda self, x='xdefault': x b.g()
'xdefault' b.g('and arg')
'and arg' a.g()
'a.g'
If we bypass method assignment via the descriptor, we can sapotage it:
a.g = lambda self: 'this works' a.g()
'this works' a.g = 'sabotage'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 10, in __set__
AttributeError: g may not be replaced by 'sabotage'
That was rejected
but, a.__dict__['g'] = 'sabotage' # this will bypass the descriptor a.g
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 7, in __get__
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute '__get__'
The descriptor couldn't form a bound method since 'sabotage' was not
a function or otherwise suitable.
But we can look at the instance attribute directly: a.__dict__['g']
'sabotage'
We could define __delete__ in the descriptor too, but didn't so
del a.g
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: __delete__
We could have made the descriptor return a.g if unable to form a bound method,
but then you'd probably want to permit arbitrary assignment to the descriptor-controlled
attributes too ;-)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
On 15 Nov 2005 11:02:38 -0800, "Martin Miller" <gg************ ****@dfgh.net> wrote: Alex Martelli wrote, in part: If it's crucial to you to have some default argument value evaluated at time X, then, by Python's simple rules, you know that you must arrange for the 'def' statement itself to execute at time X. In this case, for example, if being able to have self.data as the default argument value is the crucial aspect of the program, you must ensure that the 'def' runs AFTER self.data has the value you desire.
For example:
class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data = n def f(self, x = self.data) print x self.f = f
This way, of course, each instance a of class A will have a SEPARATE callable attribute a.f which is the function you desire; this is inevitable, since functions store their default argument values as part of their per-function data. Since you want a.f and b.f to have different default values for the argument (respectively a.data and b.data), therefore a.f and b.f just cannot be the SAME function object -- this is another way to look at your issue, in terms of what's stored where rather than of what evaluates when, but of course it leads to exactly the same conclusion.
FWIT and ignoring the small typo on the inner def statement (the missing ':'), the example didn't work as I (and possibily others) might expect. Namely it doesn't make function f() a bound method of instances of class A, so calls to it don't receive an automatic 'self'' argument when called on instances of class A.
This is fairly easy to remedy use the standard new module thusly:
import new class A(object): def __init__(self, n): self.data = n def f(self, x = self.data): print x self.f = new.instancemet hod(f, self, A)
This change underscores the fact that each instance of class A gets a different independent f() method. Despite this nit, I believe I understand the points Alex makes about the subject (and would agree).
Or as Alex mentioned, a custom descriptor etc is possible, and can also
protect against replacing f by simple instance attribute assignment
like inst.f = something, or do some filtering to exclude non-function
assignments etc., e.g., (not sure what self.data is really
needed for, but we'll keep it):
BTW, note that self.data initially duplicates the default value,
but self.data per se is not used by the function (until the instance
method is replace by one that does, see further on) class BindInstMethod( object):
... def __init__(self, inst_fname):
... self.inst_fname = inst_fname
... def __get__(self, inst, cls=None):
... if inst is None: return self
... return inst.__dict__[self.inst_fname].__get__(inst, cls) # return bound instance method
... def __set__(self, inst, val):
... if not callable(val) or not hasattr(val, '__get__'): # screen out some impossible methods
... raise AttributeError, '%s may not be replaced by %r' % (self.inst_fnam e, val)
... inst.__dict__[self.inst_fname] = val
...
The above class defines a custom descriptor that can be instatiated as a class
variable of a given name. When that name is thereafter accessed as an attribute
of an instance of the latter class (e.g. A below), the decriptor __get__ or __set__
methods will be called (the __set__ makes it a "data" descriptor, which intercepts
instance attribute assignment.
class A(object):
... def __init__(self, n):
... self.data = n
... def f(self, x = self.data):
... print x
... self.__dict__['f'] = f # set instance attr w/o triggering descriptor
... f = BindInstMethod( 'f')
...
a = A(5) a.f
<bound method A.f of <__main__.A object at 0x02EF3B0C>>
Note that a.f is dynamically bound at the time of a.f access, not
retrieved as a prebound instance method.
a.f()
5 a.f('not default 5')
not default 5 a.data
5 a.data = 'not original data 5'
Since the default is an independent duplicate of a.data
a call with no arg produces the original default: a.f()
5 a.data
'not original data 5' a.f('this arg overrides the default')
this arg overrides the default
Try to change a.f a.f = 'sabotage f'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 10, in __set__
AttributeError: f may not be replaced by 'sabotage f'
Now use a function, which should be accepted (note: a function, not an instance method) a.f = lambda self: self.data*2 a.f
<bound method A.<lambda> of <__main__.A object at 0x02EF3B0C>>
Plainly the method was dynamically bound
a.f()
'not original data 5not original data 5'
That was self.data*2 per the lambda we just assigned to a.f
BTW, the assignment is not directly to the instance attribute.
It goes via the descriptor __set__ method.
a.data = 12 a.f()
24 b = A('bee') b.f
<bound method A.f of <__main__.A object at 0x02EF3BAC>> b.f()
bee b.f('not bee')
not bee b.data
'bee' b.data = 'no longer bee' b.f()
bee b.data
'no longer bee' b.f = lambda self: ' -- '.join([self.data]*3) b.data
'no longer bee' b.data = 'ha' b.f()
'ha -- ha -- ha' b.f = lambda self, n='default of n':n b.data
'ha' b.f(123)
123 b.f()
'default of n' a.f()
24
Now let's add another name that can be used on instances like f A.g = BindInstMethod( 'g') a.g = lambda self:'a.g' a.f()
24 a.g()
'a.g' a.g(123)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
TypeError: <lambda>() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)
Aha, the bound method got self as a first arg, but we defined g without any args.
b.g
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 7, in __get__
KeyError: 'g'
No instance method b.g defined yet (A.__init__ only defines f)
Make one with a default b.g = lambda self, x='xdefault': x b.g()
'xdefault' b.g('and arg')
'and arg' a.g()
'a.g'
If we bypass method assignment via the descriptor, we can sapotage it:
a.g = lambda self: 'this works' a.g()
'this works' a.g = 'sabotage'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 10, in __set__
AttributeError: g may not be replaced by 'sabotage'
That was rejected
but, a.__dict__['g'] = 'sabotage' # this will bypass the descriptor a.g
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 7, in __get__
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute '__get__'
The descriptor couldn't form a bound method since 'sabotage' was not
a function or otherwise suitable.
But we can look at the instance attribute directly: a.__dict__['g']
'sabotage'
We could define __delete__ in the descriptor too, but didn't so
del a.g
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: __delete__
We could have made the descriptor return a.g if unable to form a bound method,
but then you'd probably want to permit arbitrary assignment to the descriptor-controlled
attributes too ;-)
Regards,
Bengt Richter
What you want is essentially :
if parm_x is not supplied, use self.val_x
So why not just express it clearly at the very beginning of the
function :
def f(self, parm_x=NotSuppl ied, parm_y=NotSuppl ied ,,,)
if parm_x is NotSupplied: parm_x = self.val_x
if parm_y is NotSupplied: parm_y = self.val_y
Much easier to understand than the "twisting your arm 720 degree in the
back" factory method, IMO.
Gregory Petrosyan wrote: Thanks a lot, but that's not what I do really want. 1) f() may have many arguments, not one 2) I don't whant only to _print_ x. I want to do many work with it, so if I could simply write
def f(self, x = self.data) (*)
it would be much better.
By the way, using
class A(object): data = 0 .... def f(self, x = data)
solves this problem, but not nice at all
So I think (*) is the best variant, but it doesn't work :(
What you want is essentially :
if parm_x is not supplied, use self.val_x
So why not just express it clearly at the very beginning of the
function :
def f(self, parm_x=NotSuppl ied, parm_y=NotSuppl ied ,,,)
if parm_x is NotSupplied: parm_x = self.val_x
if parm_y is NotSupplied: parm_y = self.val_y
Much easier to understand than the "twisting your arm 720 degree in the
back" factory method, IMO.
Gregory Petrosyan wrote: Thanks a lot, but that's not what I do really want. 1) f() may have many arguments, not one 2) I don't whant only to _print_ x. I want to do many work with it, so if I could simply write
def f(self, x = self.data) (*)
it would be much better.
By the way, using
class A(object): data = 0 .... def f(self, x = data)
solves this problem, but not nice at all
So I think (*) is the best variant, but it doesn't work :(
Steven D'Aprano wrote: I would like to see _marker put inside the class' scope. That prevents somebody from the outside scope easily passing _marker as an argument to instance.f. It also neatly encapsulates everything A needs within A.
Surely that makes it easier for someone outside the scope to pass in
marker:
class A(object):
_marker = []
def __init__(self, n):
self.data =n
def f(self, x = _marker):
if x is self.__class__. _marker:
# must use "is" and not "=="
x = self.data
print x instance = A(5) instance.f(inst ance._marker)
5
What you really want is for the marker to exist only in its own little
universe, but the code for that is even messier:
class A(object):
def __init__(self, n):
self.data =n
def make_f():
marker = object()
def f(self, x = _marker):
if x is _marker:
x = self.data
print x
return f
f = make_f()
instance = A(6) instance.f()
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