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Inheriting str object

I want to have a str with custom methods, but I have this problem:

class myStr(str):
def hello(self):
return 'hello '+self

s=myStr('world')
print s.hello() # prints 'hello world'
s=s.upper()
print s.hello() # expected to print 'hello WORLD', but s is no longer
myStr, it's a regular str!

What can I do?

Feb 5 '07 #1
5 1347
In <11**********************@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
ku********@gmail.com wrote:
I want to have a str with custom methods, but I have this problem:

class myStr(str):
def hello(self):
return 'hello '+self

s=myStr('world')
print s.hello() # prints 'hello world'
s=s.upper()
print s.hello() # expected to print 'hello WORLD', but s is no longer
myStr, it's a regular str!

What can I do?
Return a `myStr` instance instead of a regular `str`:

def hello(self):
return myStr('hello ' + self)

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
Feb 5 '07 #2
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch wrote:
In <11**********************@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>,
ku********@gmail.com wrote:
>I want to have a str with custom methods, but I have this problem:

class myStr(str):
def hello(self):
return 'hello '+self

s=myStr('world')
print s.hello() # prints 'hello world'
s=s.upper()
print s.hello() # expected to print 'hello WORLD', but s is no longer
myStr, it's a regular str!

What can I do?

Return a `myStr` instance instead of a regular `str`:

def hello(self):
return myStr('hello ' + self)
yes, but the 'upper' method is the problem here.
So you'd have to override all string methods, like

class myStr(str):
...

def upper(self):
return myStr(str.upper(self))
And I'm not sure, if it then works in the intended way...
What you are probably looking for, is to extend the 'str' class itself, so
every str instance has your added functionality.
Don't know, if this is possible at all, but usually it's not a good idea to
mess with the bowels of Python unless you have some greater surgical
skills.
HTH

--
Benjamin Niemann
Email: pink at odahoda dot de
WWW: http://pink.odahoda.de/
Feb 5 '07 #3
On Feb 5, 5:48 am, "kungfoo...@gmail.com" <kungfoo...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I want to have a str with custom methods, but I have this problem:

class myStr(str):
def hello(self):
return 'hello '+self

s=myStr('world')
print s.hello() # prints 'hello world'
s=s.upper()
print s.hello() # expected to print 'hello WORLD', but s is no longer
myStr, it's a regular str!

What can I do?
To prevent operations with your myStr class to return a simple str
instance, you will have to override pretty much all str method, as
well as magic methods, such as __add__, __radd__ etc.. Major pain in
perspective. You might want to reconsider you developing strategy.

Feb 5 '07 #4
On 5 Feb 2007 02:48:08 -0800, ku********@gmail.com <ku********@gmail.comwrote:
I want to have a str with custom methods, but I have this problem:

class myStr(str):
def hello(self):
return 'hello '+self

s=myStr('world')
print s.hello() # prints 'hello world'
s=s.upper()
print s.hello() # expected to print 'hello WORLD', but s is no longer
myStr, it's a regular str!
You could use the proxy pattern:

class GreeterString(object):
def __init__(self, str):
self.proxy = str

def hello(self):
return 'hello ' + self.proxy

def __getattr__(self, attr):
if attr in dir(self.proxy):
proxy_attr = getattr(self.proxy, attr)
if callable(proxy_attr):
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
return self.__class__(proxy_attr())
return wrapper

def __str__(self):
return self.proxy.__str__()
gs = GreeterString('world')
print gs.upper().hello()

Magic methods has to be overridden manually, I think.

--
mvh Björn
Feb 5 '07 #5
On 5 feb, 11:48, "kungfoo...@gmail.com" <kungfoo...@gmail.comwrote:
I want to have a str with custom methods, but I have this problem:

class myStr(str):
def hello(self):
return 'hello '+self

s=myStr('world')
print s.hello() # prints 'hello world'
s=s.upper()
print s.hello() # expected to print 'hello WORLD', but s is no longer
myStr, it's a regular str!

What can I do?
I'm new to this list(this is my first message) and to Python also (I'm
learning these days), so i'm afraid that this is not what you are
asking for but anyway

you can create an myStr object on the fly, something like:
s=myStr(s.upper())

Alex

Feb 6 '07 #6

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