Container COMP member functions (python)

General TouchDesigner Discussion
1

Is there a way I can give my Container op a python member function?

Example:
I have a bunch of different cues that I want to trigger from python. I’d like to be able to say op(“cue_1”).play()
Currently, it seems I have to say op(“cue_1/op_inside_cue_1”).mod.module_in_cue_1.play(), which is kinda roundabout, hard to read, and annoying to type.

2

This is something that we’ve been discussing internally, but there isn’t a way to avoid the ‘mod’ yet. Good to know other people are looking for this functionality also.

3

Would it be possible to make a special text operator (localmod or whatever) that you could write your utility functions into? Says the guy who knows nothing about the underlying workings of TD.

4

Or perhaps you could make it so that you can add python attributes to an operator?
For example:

def test():
   print ("stuff")
myop = op("soundfile")
myop.fn = test

It would be super sweet to be able to add actual methods to operators, so that you can get a self attribute automatically and have inheritance possibilities.