changeset 277:3bdd924a5fc7

py: call function or object with no arguments to be consistent with Octave * @py/subsref.m: If the returned Python object is callable and no argument list is given, call it with no arguments.
author Mike Miller <mtmiller@octave.org>
date Fri, 29 Jul 2016 14:54:15 -0700
parents e4175c38b012
children 6e83efbcf1bc
files @py/subsref.m
diffstat 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/@py/subsref.m	Fri Jul 29 14:51:24 2016 -0700
+++ b/@py/subsref.m	Fri Jul 29 14:54:15 2016 -0700
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@
     y = subsref (y, idx(2:end));
   endif
 
+  ## If the *last* indexing operation is ".name", and the object returned
+  ## is a Python callable, then call it with no arguments to be compatible
+  ## with how Octave functions are evaluated.
+  if (idx(end).type == ".")
+    is_callable = pyeval ("lambda x: isinstance(x, __import__('collections').Callable)");
+    if (pycall (is_callable, y))
+      y = pycall (y);
+    endif
+  endif
+
   is_none = pyeval ("lambda x: x is None");
   if (nargout > 0 || ! pycall (is_none, y))
     varargout{1} = y;