test_curry.py

def curry_instance_attribute(attr, func_name, instance):
    """ Curries the named attribute to the named function
    >>> class Person():
    ...     def __init__(self, name):
    ...         self.name = name
    ...         curry_instance_attribute('name', 'print_record', self)
    ...     @classmethod
    ...     def print_record(cls, name):
    ...         print 'Person',name
    >>> Person.print_record('bob')
    Person bob
    >>> p=Person('jane')
    >>> p.print_record()
    Person jane
    """
    from types import MethodType
    func = getattr(instance, func_name)
    def curried(self, *args, **kwargs):
        return func(getattr(self, attr),
                *args, **kwargs)
    setattr(instance, func_name,
            MethodType(curried, instance, instance.__class__))