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diff --git a/Doc/library/functools.rst b/Doc/library/functools.rst index 14e1351..4eb263a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/functools.rst +++ b/Doc/library/functools.rst @@ -194,6 +194,48 @@ The :mod:`functools` module defines the following functions: 18 +.. class:: partialmethod(func, *args, **keywords) + + Return a new :class:`partialmethod` descriptor which behaves + like :class:`partial` except that it is designed to be used as a method + definition rather than being directly callable. + + *func* must be a :term:`descriptor` or a callable (objects which are both, + like normal functions, are handled as descriptors). + + When *func* is a descriptor (such as a normal Python function, + :func:`classmethod`, :func:`staticmethod`, :func:`abstractmethod` or + another instance of :class:`partialmethod`), calls to ``__get__`` are + delegated to the underlying descriptor, and an appropriate + :class:`partial` object returned as the result. + + When *func* is a non-descriptor callable, an appropriate bound method is + created dynamically. This behaves like a normal Python function when + used as a method: the *self* argument will be inserted as the first + positional argument, even before the *args* and *keywords* supplied to + the :class:`partialmethod` constructor. + + Example:: + + >>> class Cell(object): + ... @property + ... def alive(self): + ... return self._alive + ... def set_state(self, state): + ... self._alive = bool(state) + ... set_alive = partialmethod(set_alive, True) + ... set_dead = partialmethod(set_alive, False) + ... + >>> c = Cell() + >>> c.alive + False + >>> c.set_alive() + >>> c.alive + True + + .. versionadded:: 3.4 + + .. function:: reduce(function, iterable[, initializer]) Apply *function* of two arguments cumulatively to the items of *sequence*, from @@ -431,4 +473,3 @@ differences. For instance, the :attr:`__name__` and :attr:`__doc__` attributes are not created automatically. Also, :class:`partial` objects defined in classes behave like static methods and do not transform into bound methods during instance attribute look-up. - |