Question

When defining class attributes through “calculated” names, as in:

class C(object):
    for name in (....):
        exec("%s = ..." % (name,...))

is there a different way of handling the numerous attribute definitions than by using an exec? getattr(C, name) does not work because C is not defined, during class construction…

Answer 1

How about:

class C(object):
    blah blah

for name in (...):
    setattr(C, name, "....")

That is, do the attribute setting after the definition.