On 6 March 2013 19:19, Sean Munkel <seanmunkel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The problem with that is that help() would not display the__doc__ for > the instance of PDBFunction, but will instead generate a generic > overview of the class itself. As far as I can tell this is because > help() doesn't recognize PDBFunction instances as functions (or > routines as they're called in inspect). I had actually tried your > approach initially and it did not work coming from the C side or from > the Python side. This is why I created a custom help(). To get help() > to display the __doc__ of an object it has to be a C builtin or a > python function. > > This brings me to a messier idea that I had to get around this. One > way to get around this issue of __doc__ not being display is to > actually create a regular python function for each procedure. Instead > of using gimp.PDB you would have to wrap it in a class that will use > its methods but hook into __getattr__. Inside of __getattr__ it would > create a function that would then be able to have a __doc__ that would > be displayed by help. > > https://gist.github.com/smunkel/5103533 Yes - that would be more or less the way to go - Or that, or make each PDB callable object be in a separate class by itself. Did the code in the link above work for you? (I have not tried it yet) js -><- > > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Joao S. O. Bueno <gwidion@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Your approach could lead to a a patch to dynamically provide the __doc__ >> attributes of PDB items - taht would be ok. For the builtin items, >> such as Layer, Image and such, as the code is today, >> the documentation would have to be hard-coded in the C files, however. >> >> js >> -><- > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
