[Python-Dev] Let's get rid of unbound methods

[Barry Warsaw]

On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 10:37, Glyph Lefkowitz wrote:

> One approach I have taken in order to avoid copiously over-documenting
> every super() using class is to decouple different phases of
> initialization by making __init__ as simple as possible (setting a few
> attributes, resisting the temptation to calculate things), and then
> providing class methods like '.fromString' or '.forUnserialize' that
> create instances that have been completely constructed for a particular
> purpose.  That way the signatures are much more likely to line up across
> inheritance hierarchies.  Perhaps this should be a suggested "best
> practice" when using super() as well?

Yep, I've done the same thing.  It's definitely a good practice.

-Barry

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