Re: [pygame] How the get a font size

[Noah Kantrowitz <noah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 12, 2009, at 8:46 PM, James Paige wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 04:54:38PM -0800, Lenard Lindstrom wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > James Paige wrote:
> > > The only bad thing I can say about it is that it simply doesn't  
> > > work :(
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > f = pygame.font.Font(None, 12)
> > > > > > f.size = 12
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> > > AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object attribute 'size' is read- 
> > > only
> > >
> > > And that is not just because Font already has a method named .size()
> > >
> > >
> > > > > > f.pointsize = 12
> > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
> > > AttributeError: 'pygame.font.Font' object has no attribute  
> > > 'pointsize'
> > >
> > > I'm guessing that since pygame.font.Font is impelmented in C, it  
> > > doesn't
> > > allow new members to be added as it would if it was implemented in
> > > python (Correct me if I am wrong)
> > You're right. Font instances lack attribute dictionaries. It was a
> > design decision, or omission, and not a restriction of Font being
> > implemented in C.
>
> Ah, interesting. I stand corrected.
>
> Why was the attribute dictionary left out? What is the advantage? Is  
> it
> a performance thing?

You clearly don't understand how C classes work. Please consult the  
Python documentation.

--Noah