Re: [Jython-dev] Can't subclass str in 2.2a1

[brian z. <bz...@zi...>]

Can you please open a bug for this at sourceforge?

thanks,

brian

> I was hoping that Jason Orendorff's path module would work in jython 2.2a1
> but alas it does not.
>
> The path module defines a class that subclasses str; this doesn't work in
> 2.2a1. Instances of the subclass are actually strings. Here is a simple
> example:
>
>>>> class p(str):
> ...   def foo(self):
> ...     print 'I am a p'
> ...
>>>> s=p('bar')
>>>> s
> 'bar'
>>>> s.foo()
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<console>", line 1, in ?
> AttributeError: 'string' object has no attribute 'foo'
>>>> type(s)
> <type 'str'>
>
> In Python 2.4.1 I get:
>  >>> class p(str):
>  ...   def foo(self):
>  ...     print 'I am a p'
>  ...
>  >>> s = p('bar')
>  >>> s
> 'bar'
>  >>> s.foo()
> I am a p
>  >>> type(s)
> <class '__main__.p'>
>  >>>
>
> Kent
>
>
>
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