Tapping into the access of an int instance

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Hi,

Does anyone know how to interrupt the lookup of an integer value? I
know I need to subclass int, since builtin types can't be altered
directly...

Below is how far I've come... What I want is to tap into the access of
instance i's value 1...

>>class Int(int):

def __init__(self, *a, **k):
super(Int, self).__init__(self, *a, **k)

>>i = Int(1)
i

1

Regards,
Tor Erik

[chris.monsanto]

On Sep 20, 1:21 pm, "Tor Erik Sønvisen" <[e-mail]:

Hi,

Does anyone know how to interrupt the lookup of an integer value? I
know I need to subclass int, since builtin types can't be altered
directly...

Below is how far I've come... What I want is to tap into the access of
instance i's value 1...

>class Int(int):

def __init__(self, *a, **k):
super(Int, self).__init__(self, *a, **k)

>i = Int(1)
i

1

Regards,
Tor Erik

While I'm not *totally* sure what you are asking, you can access the
first parameter you passed in __init__ via args[0].

[Ben Finney]

"Tor Erik Sønvisen" <to*******@gmail.comwrites:

Does anyone know how to interrupt the lookup of an integer value?

AFAIK, int values *aren't* "looked up", in my understanding of that
term.

Can you explain what events you want to intercept?

Below is how far I've come... What I want is to tap into the access
of instance i's value 1...

In many senses "instance i" *is* "value 1".

What "access" do you want to intercept? Can you show some code
examples of things that you would expect to trigger this "access"?
Also, some similar events involving the instance that would *not*
trigger the same thing.

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[James Stroud]

Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote:

Hi,

Does anyone know how to interrupt the lookup of an integer value? I
know I need to subclass int, since builtin types can't be altered
directly...

Below is how far I've come... What I want is to tap into the access of
instance i's value 1...

>>>class Int(int):

def __init__(self, *a, **k):
super(Int, self).__init__(self, *a, **k)

>>>i = Int(1)
i

1

Regards,
Tor Erik

Perhaps you could elaborate on what you want to do with that value once
you "tap" it.

[Peter Otten]

Tor Erik Sønvisen wrote:

Does anyone know how to interrupt the lookup of an integer value? I
know I need to subclass int, since builtin types can't be altered
directly...

Below is how far I've come... What I want is to tap into the access of
instance i's value 1...

>>>class Int(int):

def __init__(self, *a, **k):
super(Int, self).__init__(self, *a, **k)

>>>i = Int(1)
i

1

You may be looking for __new__() which is invoked before an object is
created. This is particular useful for immutables like int.

>>lookup = {}
class Int(int):

.... def __new__(cls, value, *more):
.... if not more:
.... try:
.... return lookup[value]
.... except KeyError:
.... pass
.... return int.__new__(cls, value, *more)
....

>>lookup["answer"] = Int(42)
Int("answer")

42

>>type(_)

<class '__main__.Int'>

Peter

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>ch************@gmail.com (CM) wrote:

>CMOn Sep 20, 1:21 pm, "Tor Erik Sønvisen" <[e-mail]:

>>Hi,

Does anyone know how to interrupt the lookup of an integer value? I
know I need to subclass int, since builtin types can't be altered
directly...

Below is how far I've come... What I want is to tap into the access of
instance i's value 1...

class Int(int):

def __init__(self, *a, **k):
super(Int, self).__init__(self, *a, **k)

i = Int(1)
i

1

Regards,
Tor Erik

>CMWhile I'm not *totally* sure what you are asking, you can access the
CMfirst parameter you passed in __init__ via args[0].

What args do you mean?
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