Mark writes:
> def heres_my_function_name(args):
> heres_my_function_name.my_attribute = "Foo"
>
> Without a special syntax, I think we'll see more and more abuses of __doc__, like
>
> def heres_my_function_name(args):
> """my_attribute = "Foo" """
Worse than just being yucky, it is also dangerous to count on
a function keeping the same name or being available in
its context. Another argument for keeping the sytax
tightly bound to the declaration.
def heres_my_function_name(args):
heres_my_function_name.my_attribute = "Foo"
callbacks = [ heres_my_function_name, something_else, and_some_more]
del heres_my_function_name
Now, heres_my_function_name fails because the name "heres_my_function_name"
is no longer in the global space.
I actually do sometimes overwrite functions (e.g. replacing a generic
function with a specialized one).
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