Re: [boost] Re: python member function naming problem

From: Rainer Deyke (root_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-16 20:05:30

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 1:33 PM
Subject: [boost] Re: python member function naming problem

> > What's going on with this?  Any other name besides 'print' works fine
> > here.  Is this because the Order::print method (which I am not
> > exposing to python) is somehow clashing??
>
> "print" is a reserved Python keyword and cannot be used as an identifier
> for function names, including method names.

That's not quite true.

>>> class C: pass
...
>>> c = C()
>>> setattr(c, 'print', 5)
>>> dir(c)
['print']
>>> getattr(c, 'print')
5
>>>

The expression 'c.print' is currently a syntax error, but this is likely to
change in the future.

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