Help setting default class attributes

[rh0dium]

Hi all,

I have the following piece of code and I wanted to set the default
attributes based on a dictionary. What I am looking for is a way to
take PIPODEFAULTS and assign each one as an attribute for the class
pipo. Can someone show me how to do this by iterating over the
PIPODEFAULTS and assign them. What I would expect to be able to do is
call the class and modify them.

example:
a = pipo()
print a.caseSensitivity
"preserve"

a.caseSensitivity = "lower"
print a.caseSensitivity
"lower"

Lastly - here is my code:


class pipo:

PIPODEFAULTS={ "caseSensitivity" : "preserve","cellMapTable" :
"","checkPolygon" : "nil","compression" : "none",
"convertDot" : "ignore","convertPathToPoly" :
"nil","convertToGeo" : "nil","dumpPcellInfo" : "nil",
"snapToGrid" : "nil","techFileChoice" :
"nil","units": "micron","useParentXYforText" : "nil","viewName" :
"layout",
}

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""This simply will run a PIPO stream out
"""
# Setup Logging
self.pipoargs=self.setdefaults()

def setdefaults(self):
for x in self.PIPODEFAULTS:
self.log.debug("Setting %s to %s" % (x,
self.PIPODEFAULTS[x]))

 

[Arnaud Delobelle]

Hi all,

I have the following piece of code and I wanted to set the default
attributes based on a dictionary. What I am looking for is a way to
take PIPODEFAULTS and assign each one as an attribute for the class
pipo. Can someone show me how to do this by iterating over the
PIPODEFAULTS and assign them. What I would expect to be able to do is
call the class and modify them.

Use the setattr(...) function.

example:
a = pipo()
print a.caseSensitivity
"preserve"

a.caseSensitivity = "lower"
print a.caseSensitivity
"lower"

Lastly - here is my code:

class pipo:

PIPODEFAULTS={ "caseSensitivity" : "preserve","cellMapTable" :
"","checkPolygon" : "nil","compression" : "none",
"convertDot" : "ignore","convertPathToPoly" :
"nil","convertToGeo" : "nil","dumpPcellInfo" : "nil",
"snapToGrid" : "nil","techFileChoice" :
"nil","units": "micron","useParentXYforText" : "nil","viewName" :
"layout",
}

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""This simply will run a PIPO stream out
"""
# Setup Logging
self.pipoargs=self.setdefaults()
def setdefaults(self):
for x in self.PIPODEFAULTS:
self.log.debug("Setting %s to %s" % (x,
self.PIPODEFAULTS[x]))

def setdefaults(self):
for key, val in self.PIPODEFAULTS.iteritems():
setattr(self, key, val)

OR (but I prefer the one above)

def setdefaults(self):
self.__dict__.update(self.PIPODEFAULTS)

 

[attn.steven.kuo]

Hi all,

I have the following piece of code and I wanted to set the default
attributes based on a dictionary. What I am looking for is a way to
take PIPODEFAULTS and assign each one as an attribute for the class
pipo. Can someone show me how to do this by iterating over the
PIPODEFAULTS and assign them. What I would expect to be able to do is
call the class and modify them.

example:
a = pipo()
print a.caseSensitivity
"preserve"

a.caseSensitivity = "lower"
print a.caseSensitivity
"lower"

I infer from your example that you want
to set default attributes for *instances of* class pipo
(not for class pipo itself).

Use setattr:

class pipo(object):
PIPODEFAULTS = {'caseSensitivity':'preserve',
'cellMapTable':'checkPolygon', # etc
}
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
for attr, value in pipo.PIPODEFAULTS.iteritems():
setattr(self, attr, value)

a = pipo()
b = pipo()
print a.caseSensitivity
a.caseSensitivity = 'lower'
print a.caseSensitivity
print b.caseSensitivity

 

[Steve Holden]

I infer from your example that you want
to set default attributes for *instances of* class pipo
(not for class pipo itself).

Use setattr:

class pipo(object):
PIPODEFAULTS = {'caseSensitivity':'preserve',
'cellMapTable':'checkPolygon', # etc
}
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
for attr, value in pipo.PIPODEFAULTS.iteritems():
setattr(self, attr, value)

a = pipo()
b = pipo()
print a.caseSensitivity
a.caseSensitivity = 'lower'
print a.caseSensitivity
print b.caseSensitivity

This is actually way over-complicated. Remembering that the MRO will
look in the class to resolve the name of an attribute it doesn't find in
the instance you can simply use the class as a repository for the defaults:
.... caseSensitivity = 'preserve'
.... cellMapTable = 'checkPolygon'
.... # ...
....
You could extend the class to allow per-instance defaults to be set in
the __init__() method too (untested):

class pipo(object):
caseSensitivity = "preserve"
cellMapTable = 'checkPolygon'
def __init__(self, ..., **kw):
self.__dict__.update(kw)

p1 = pipo(caseSensitivity='lower')

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Steve
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[rh0dium]

Hi all,

I have the following piece of code and I wanted to set the default
attributes based on a dictionary. What I am looking for is a way to
take PIPODEFAULTS and assign each one as an attribute for the class
pipo. Can someone show me how to do this by iterating over the
PIPODEFAULTS and assign them. What I would expect to be able to do is
call the class and modify them.

Use the setattr(...) function.

example:
a = pipo()
print a.caseSensitivity
"preserve"

a.caseSensitivity = "lower"
print a.caseSensitivity
"lower"

Lastly - here is my code:

class pipo:

PIPODEFAULTS={ "caseSensitivity" : "preserve","cellMapTable" :
"","checkPolygon" : "nil","compression" : "none",
"convertDot" : "ignore","convertPathToPoly" :
"nil","convertToGeo" : "nil","dumpPcellInfo" : "nil",
"snapToGrid" : "nil","techFileChoice" :
"nil","units": "micron","useParentXYforText" : "nil","viewName" :
"layout",
}

def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
"""This simply will run a PIPO stream out
"""
# Setup Logging
self.pipoargs=self.setdefaults()
def setdefaults(self):
for x in self.PIPODEFAULTS:
self.log.debug("Setting %s to %s" % (x,
self.PIPODEFAULTS[x]))

def setdefaults(self):
for key, val in self.PIPODEFAULTS.iteritems():
setattr(self, key, val)

Hey this is great!!! Simple and clear. I appreciate it!!