Python Programming Language :: Create a new class on the fly


	Create a new class on the fly Is this possible or is there a better way. I need to create a new class during runtime to be used inside a function. The class definition and body are dependant on unknows vars at time of exec, thus my reasoning here. class PosRecords(tables.IsDescription): class A(object): self.__init__(self, args): ........ def mkClass(self, args): eval( "class B(object): ...") #definition on B is dependant on dynamic values in string ......do stuff with class thanks. On Wed, 30 May 2007 17:44:06 -0700, py_genetic wrote: > Is this possible or is there a better way. I need to create a new > class during runtime to be used inside a function. The class > definition and body are dependant on unknows vars at time of exec, > thus my reasoning here. You might want a class factory, a function that returns a class, or a metaclass, a class that returns classes. Building the class definition as a string at runtime and then using exec (not eval) to create the class is probably the most obvious way of doing it, but it isn't very convenient, and if you are getting any part of the string from a source not under your control (e.g. a web form) you're opening yourself up to a world of security holes. The cleaner, safer, more convenient ways of building classes at runtime is to use the Python metaclass machinery, perhaps wrapped in a function for convenience. See here for examples: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2003/04/17/metaclasses.html -- Steven. py_genetic <conor.robin@gmail.com> wrote: > Is this possible or is there a better way. I need to create a new > class during runtime to be used inside a function. The class > definition and body are dependant on unknows vars at time of exec, > thus my reasoning here. > class PosRecords(tables.IsDescription): > class A(object): > self.__init__(self, args): This makes 0 sense; maybe you should learn elementary Python syntax well _before_ trying advanced stuff, no? > ........ > def mkClass(self, args): > eval( "class B(object): ...") #definition on B is dependant > on dynamic values in string > ......do stuff with class Just use a class statement, and setattr on the resulting class object to set stuff dynamically on it. eval won't do what you want (it takes expressions, not statements), and exec is an even worse way to go about it. E.g.: class A(object): def mkClass(self, name, *k): class bah(object): pass bah.__name__ = name for n in k: setattr(bah, n, k[n]) return bah Alex Alex, thanks for the advise: > > class PosRecords(tables.IsDescription): > > class A(object): > > self.__init__(self, args): > This makes 0 sense; maybe you should learn elementary Python syntax well > _before_ trying advanced stuff, no? I accidently left that erroneous snippet in, however if your offering a class in smart ass let me know where to sign up. py_genetic <conor.robin@gmail.com> wrote: > Alex, thanks for the advise: > > > class PosRecords(tables.IsDescription): > > > class A(object): > > > self.__init__(self, args): > > This makes 0 sense; maybe you should learn elementary Python syntax well > > _before_ trying advanced stuff, no? > I accidently left that erroneous snippet in, however if your offering > a class in smart ass let me know where to sign up. Thanks for snipping all the actual helpful stuff I posted, it makes SO much easier for me to be snide! You can find a few examples of me demonstrating the subject of your interest by searching for my name e.g. on video.google.com; searching for my name on Amazon will show some books using similar techniques, and searching for my name on groups.google.com will find about 50,000 posts many of which exhibit essentially the same approach. Unfortunately, I can't currently offer such courses commercially while staying employed as Uber Tech Lead for Google, Inc, but if the monies on offer make it worth my while for me to drop million bucks worth of stock options, plus a vigorish for my other comp package _and_ the incredible amount of happiness I get every day from my job (where I get to interact with truly brlliant people, who, if and when they "leave an erroneous snippet in", are GRATEFUL to me for pointing it out, rather than RESENTFUL and DEFENSIVE), I'll surely consider that most seriously (as long as the monies in question are in escrow for my personal reassurance). Until such conditions should obtain, I'll just have to keep freely helping the people who are WORTH helping, and poking sarcastic funs at those who prove themselves ot be a waste of oxygen instead. May you have the life you deserve, Alex Alex Martelli wrote: > You can find a few examples of me demonstrating the subject of your > interest by searching for my name e.g. on video.google.com; searching > for my name on Amazon will show some books using similar techniques, and > searching for my name on groups.google.com will find about 50,000 posts > many of which exhibit essentially the same approach. Unfortunately, I > can't currently offer such courses commercially while staying employed > as Uber Tech Lead for Google, Inc, but if the monies on offer make it > worth my while for me to drop million bucks worth of stock options, plus > a vigorish for my other comp package _and_ the incredible amount of > happiness I get every day from my job (where I get to interact with > truly brlliant people, who, if and when they "leave an erroneous snippet > in", are GRATEFUL to me for pointing it out, rather than RESENTFUL and > DEFENSIVE), I'll surely consider that most seriously (as long as the > monies in question are in escrow for my personal reassurance). And still you are not bored with yourself? What a waste. > Until such conditions should obtain, I'll just have to keep freely > helping the people who are WORTH helping, and poking sarcastic funs at > those who prove themselves ot be a waste of oxygen instead. So you have found out about the trick of never being wrong, and what's worse you now have a large group of followers continually reinforcing you and thus keeping you stuck in the psychic plane. > May you have the life you deserve, It seems you already have it. A. - Hide quoted text - Alex Martelli wrote: > Thanks for snipping all the actual helpful stuff I posted, it makes SO > much easier for me to be snide! > You can find a few examples of me demonstrating the subject of your > interest by searching for my name e.g. on video.google.com; searching > for my name on Amazon will show some books using similar techniques, and > searching for my name on groups.google.com will find about 50,000 posts > many of which exhibit essentially the same approach. Unfortunately, I > can't currently offer such courses commercially while staying employed > as Uber Tech Lead for Google, Inc, but if the monies on offer make it > worth my while for me to drop million bucks worth of stock options, plus > a vigorish for my other comp package _and_ the incredible amount of > happiness I get every day from my job (where I get to interact with > truly brlliant people, who, if and when they "leave an erroneous snippet > in", are GRATEFUL to me for pointing it out, rather than RESENTFUL and > DEFENSIVE), I'll surely consider that most seriously (as long as the > monies in question are in escrow for my personal reassurance). > Until such conditions should obtain, I'll just have to keep freely > helping the people who are WORTH helping, and poking sarcastic funs at > those who prove themselves ot be a waste of oxygen instead. > May you have the life you deserve, I'm new to all this, but I didn't get the impression that sickeningly smug self-satisfaction was a "pythonic" characteristic. Let's hope for a Waco (cults, siege, bloodbath) style conclusion to the Google story. That would be truly (Monty) Pythonic. - Hide quoted text - > Alex