[Bf-committers] registering 'dynamically generated' ops?

[Martin Poirier]

--- On Mon, 9/13/10, Bassam Kurdali <bkurdali at freefactory.org> wrote:

> Final solution:
> It seems that using setattr() to set the invoke / execute /
> poll
> functions was the culprit, presumably metaclassing works
> *first, then
> setting the functions, so the operator doesn't end up
> working.

Yes, that would be exactly it. A metaclass is used when instantiating the type of the class, so adding attributes or methods afterwards is too late.

> I think it might be a bit nasty that setattr() and type()?
> no longer
> work as expected, since people with a python background
> expect these to work.

Frankly, I find modifying a class after definition a bit nasty too, especially when metaclasses are involved (the resulting object might not even be a class, for all you know).

> Also a bit nasty is the difference I mentioned in my
> original mail
> between Win7 and Linux; it seems odd (and unfortunate) that
> in win7 I
> need to just register the operators, whereas in Linux I
> need to
> unregister and then re-register again. 

Is that still present after the fix?

That is indeed strange behavior as I don't think there's anything in the registration code that is platform specific.

Martin