Attribute definition, WHY?

[bragib at my-deja.com]

Great... That really explains it well...

Thank you all, Bragi



In article <KWDv5.151585$6y5.97637687 at news2.rdc2.tx.home.com>,
  "Rainer Deyke" <root at rainerdeyke.com> wrote:
> <bragib at my-deja.com> wrote in message
news:8ploet$ucg$1 at nnrp1.deja.com...
> > Why would you want to do the following:
> >
> > class A:
> >    attr1 = [1,2]
> >    def __init__(self,name):
> >        self.name = name
> >
> > and not
> >
> > class A:
> >    def __init__(self,name):
> >        self.name = name
> >        self.attr1 = [1,2]
> >
> > Are there benefits to the first definition?
>
> Yes: efficiency.  Also, the ability to override at the subclass level
> without replacing __init__.
>
> --
> Rainer Deyke (root at rainerdeyke.com)
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>
>


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