Dynamic/runtime method creation (code generation) in Python

Question

I need to generate code for a method at runtime. It\'s important to be able to run arbitrary code and have a docstring.

I came up with a solution combining exe

Answer 1

Function docstrings and names are mutable properties. You can do anything you want in the inner function, or even have multiple versions of the inner function that makedynamo() chooses between. No need to build any code out of strings.

Here's a snippet out of the interpreter:

>>> def makedynamo(i):
...     def innerdynamo():
...         print "in dynamo %d" % i
...     innerdynamo.__doc__ = "docstring for dynamo%d" % i
...     innerdynamo.__name__ = "dynamo%d" % i
...     return innerdynamo

>>> dynamo10 = makedynamo(10)
>>> help(dynamo10)
Help on function dynamo10 in module __main__:

dynamo10()
    docstring for dynamo10