Pythonでインスタンスを再分類する 質問する

外部ライブラリから提供されたクラスがあります。このクラスのサブクラスを作成しました。元のクラスのインスタンスも持っています。

ここで、インスタンスが既に持っているプロパティを変更せずに (サブクラスがオーバーライドするものは除く)、このインスタンスをサブクラスのインスタンスに変換したいと思います。

次の解決策が機能するようです。

# This class comes from an external library. I don't (want) to control
# it, and I want to be open to changes that get made to the class
# by the library provider.
class Programmer(object):
    def __init__(self,name):
        self._name = name

    def greet(self):
        print "Hi, my name is %s." % self._name

    def hard_work(self):
        print "The garbage collector will take care of everything."

# This is my subclass.
class C_Programmer(Programmer):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(C_Programmer,self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.learn_C()

    def learn_C(self):
        self._knowledge = ["malloc","free","pointer arithmetic","curly braces"]

    def hard_work(self):
        print "I'll have to remember " + " and ".join(self._knowledge) + "."

    # The questionable thing: Reclassing a programmer.
    @classmethod
    def teach_C(cls, programmer):
        programmer.__class__ = cls # <-- do I really want to do this?
        programmer.learn_C()


joel = C_Programmer("Joel")
joel.greet()
joel.hard_work()
#>Hi, my name is Joel.
#>I'll have to remember malloc and free and pointer arithmetic and curly braces.

jeff = Programmer("Jeff")

# We (or someone else) makes changes to the instance. The reclassing shouldn't
# overwrite these.
jeff._name = "Jeff A" 

jeff.greet()
jeff.hard_work()
#>Hi, my name is Jeff A.
#>The garbage collector will take care of everything.

# Let magic happen.
C_Programmer.teach_C(jeff)

jeff.greet()
jeff.hard_work()
#>Hi, my name is Jeff A.
#>I'll have to remember malloc and free and pointer arithmetic and curly braces.