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Re: _extra and call_method [message #42368 is a reply to message #42343]

Thu, 27 January 2005 17:00

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Benjamin Hornberger writes:

> can't keyword passing by _extra be used with call_method? I am getting
> an error message "Keyword parameters not allowed in call" if I try to do
> so.
>
> I want to write a wrapper routine which first checks if an object is
> valid, and if yes, calls methods on it. For positional parameters, I
> have to use "case n_params() of", which is not very nice, but for
> keywords at least I would like to use inheritance...

Are you *sure* you are doing this correctly? I've never
had the least bit of trouble with it. It sounds to me
like the method you are calling does not have the particular
keyword you are using defined for it. Is this a spelling
problem, perhaps?

Cheers,

David

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		Re: _extra and call_method By: David Fanning on Tue, 01 February 2005 07:40
		Re: _extra and call_method By: btt on Tue, 01 February 2005 07:18
		Re: _extra and call_method By: btt on Mon, 31 January 2005 07:43
		Re: _extra and call_method By: David Fanning on Mon, 31 January 2005 06:41
		Re: _extra and call_method By: btt on Mon, 31 January 2005 05:13
		Re: _extra and call_method By: David Fanning on Fri, 28 January 2005 14:21
		Re: _extra and call_method By: Benjamin Hornberger on Fri, 28 January 2005 12:38
		Re: _extra and call_method By: David Fanning on Thu, 27 January 2005 17:00

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