Generating a python class definition

[Liz Looney]

I'm interested in generating a python class definition. Has anyone else done this?

[Coda Highland]

I've not done it with Python, but I have done it with Javascript. It's entirely possible, but it's also a lot of work. Variable scoping and method calls are the two hardest parts, because neither of those exist in Blockly's built-in model.

There are a few different ways you could approach it, depending on exactly what you want to do with it and how rigorous you want to be with it. What's your goal?

/s/ Adam

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 12:58 AM 'Liz Looney' via Blockly <blo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I'm interested in generating a python class definition. Has anyone else done this?

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[Liz Looney]

I think I just want to create a single class. But, I do want to have member fields as well as local variables. I've done a blockly environment which generates a single java class and it works pretty well. It's not perfect, but it's pretty good. I know Java a lot more than I know Python, so I'm worried I'll miss something. I know that to generate a field reference, I've got to do "self.foo", right? and each method has to have a "self" parameter, right?

Thanks for your help!

-Liz

On Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at 7:00:02 AM UTC-7, Coda Highland wrote:

I've not done it with Python, but I have done it with Javascript. It's entirely possible, but it's also a lot of work. Variable scoping and method calls are the two hardest parts, because neither of those exist in Blockly's built-in model.

There are a few different ways you could approach it, depending on exactly what you want to do with it and how rigorous you want to be with it. What's your goal?

/s/ Adam

On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 12:58 AM 'Liz Looney' via Blockly <blo...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

I'm interested in generating a python class definition. Has anyone else done this?

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[Coda Highland]

Python should actually be easier than Java because Java is statically-typed.

You're right about Python syntax so far. The only gotcha I would watch out for is variable scoping, because Python's rules are different from pretty much any other language I can think of.

/s/ Adam

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