Question

Generally don’t do OO-programming in Python. This project requires it and am running into a bit of trouble. Here’s my scratch code for attempting to figure out where it went wrong:

class trial(object):
    def output( func, x ):
        def ya( self, y ):
            return func( self, x ) + y
        return ya
    def f1( func ):
        return output( func, 1 )
    @f1
    def sum1( self, x ):
        return x

which doesn’t compile. I’ve attempted to add the @staticmethod tag to the “output” and “f1” functions but to no avail. Normally I’d do this

def output( func, x ):
    def ya( y ):
        return func( x ) + y
    return ya

def f1( func ):
    return output( func, 1 )

@f1
def sum1( x ):
    return x

which does work. So how do I get this going in a class?

Answer 1

There’s no need for your method decorators to be a part of the class:

def output(meth, x):
    def ya(self, y):
        return meth(self, x) + y
    return ya

def f1(meth):
    return output(meth, 1)

class trial(object):
    @f1
    def sum1( self, x ):
        return x

>>> trial().sum1(1)
2

I tend to use meth instead of func in decorators I know I’ll be applying to methods, just to try to keep it straight in my own head.