Found from Reddit, it's for e ECMA(Java)Scrip t, but something similar
may be useful for Python too:
Bye,
bearophile
may be useful for Python too:
Bye,
bearophile
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Re: MethodChain
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:55:23 -0700, bearophileHUGS wrote:
What's called `MethodChain` there seems to be function composition inFound from Reddit, it's for e ECMA(Java)Scrip t, but something similar
may be useful for Python too:
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http://blog.jcoglan.com/2008/07/16/w...rself-clearly/
functional languages. Maybe `functools` could grow a `compose()` function.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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Re: MethodChain
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch:To me it looks like a quite more "refined" thing, it's an object, itWhat's called `MethodChain` there seems to be function composition in
functional languages. Maybe `functools` could grow a `compose()` function.
has some special methods, etc. I think it's not too much difficult to
implement it with Python.
Bye,
bearophile
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Re: MethodChain
On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:57:33 -0700, bearophileHUGS wrote:
The methods are a problem IMHO. You can't add an own method/function withMarc 'BlackJack' Rintsch:>>What's called `MethodChain` there seems to be function composition in
>functional languages. Maybe `functools` could grow a `compose()` function.
To me it looks like a quite more "refined" thing, it's an object, it
has some special methods, etc. I think it's not too much difficult to
implement it with Python.
the name `fire()` or `toFunction()`. `MethodChain` has to know all
functions/methods in advance. You can add the methods of whole classes at
once and there are over 300 pre-added, this begs for name clashes.
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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Re: MethodChain
On Jul 20, 12:01 am, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_...@gmx.net wrote:If you shift the syntax just a bit, instead of writing a.b.c, pass a,The methods are a problem IMHO. You can't add an own method/function with
the name `fire()` or `toFunction()`. `MethodChain` has to know all
functions/methods in advance. You can add the methods of whole classesat
once and there are over 300 pre-added, this begs for name clashes.
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Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
b, and c as the args to a MethodChain object. Here's a rough stab at
the problem:
class MethodChain(obj ect):
def __init__(self, *fns):
self.fns = fns[:]
def __call__(self,* args):
if self.fns:
for f in self.fns:
args = (f(*args),)
return args[0]
def dncase(s):
return s.lower()
def upcase(s):
return s.upper()
def stripVowels(s):
return "".join( c for c in s if c not in "aeiou" )
def selectItems(ite ms,s):
return "".join(c for i,c in enumerate(s) if i in items)
from functools import partial
chn = MethodChain(
dncase,
stripVowels,
upcase,
partial(selectI tems,(0,2))
)
print chn("FoO Bar")
-- Paul
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Re: MethodChain
I'm the author of MethodChain, so just thought I'd confirm the aboveName clashes aren't an issue, since MethodChain doesn't apply any
special meaning to the method names it knows; the limitation is
because JavaScript doesn't allow you to modify property lookup
behavior. And since we can make the chain object callable, we don't
need "fire" or "toFunction " methods.
statement. All MethodChain does is store method calls so they can
later be replayed on any object. All methods in MethodChain simply add
their name and arguments to an array inside the MethodChain instance,
they don't implement any concrete functionality. All that's important
is the names of the methods -- the object the chain is fired on will
decide how to handle those calls itself, so naming clashes aren't a
problem. For example:
var chain = it().toLowerCas e().split('-').map(function () {...});
chain.fire('my-String');
is the same as
'my-String'.toLower Case().split('-').map(function () {...});
So split() gets called on 'my-string', map() gets called on ['my',
'string']. The methods 'fire' and 'toFunction' are a problem but I
can't see any way around having them in JavaScript -- you need some
way of getting the method list out of the chain object. if JavaScript
had method_missing, we wouldn't need to tell MethodChain about names
in advance either.
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