ircLogBot (Was: [Twisted-Python] A Twisted Web Question....)

[Jp Calderone]

On Wed, Dec 31, 2003 at 01:29:59AM -0800, John Draper wrote:
> Hi, 
> 

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> I call your attention to: 
> 
> This was quoted in the Docs on the TwistedMatrix web site. 
> 
> Persistent Data in the Factory 
> 
> Since the Protocol instance is recreated each time the connection is 
> made, the client needs some way to keep track of data that should be 
> persisted. In the case of ircLogBot.py: (LogBot.log() just logs the 
> data to the file object stored in LogBot.file) 
> 
> it references a LogBot.log() call....   but I checked in ircLogBot.py 
> and there is NO log() 
> method,  nor is there one in any of the other classes it inherits from. 
> 
> Would it be too much of a bother if I were to ask anyone about this 
> descrepancy? 
> 

  Not at all.  It is true that the class has no log method, however, if you
examine the connectionMade method:

    def connectionMade(self):
        irc.IRCClient.connectionMade(self)
        self.logger = MessageLogger(open(self.factory.filename, "a"))
        self.log = self.logger.log
        self.log("[connected at %s]" % time.asctime(time.localtime(time.time())))

  you will see that instances of the class bind method from a *different* to
that name, allowing users of the class to use the method as if it were
defined by the LogBot class itself.

  Jp
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