Using Multiple Constructors

[Steve Holden]

"Alex" <new_name at mit.edu> wrote in message
news:etdu1zoddw4.fsf at lola-granola.mit.edu...
>
> import types
>
> Class MyObject:
>     Constructor1(self, number):
>         pass
>     Constructor2(self, string):
>         pass
>
>     def __init__(self, initarg):
>
>         if type(initarg) == types.StringType:
>             self.Constructor1(initarg)

What were you saying last week about people who used this construct needing
to be stood up against the wall and shot (I'm paraphrasing a little here)?

>         elif type(initarg) in (types.IntType,
>                                types.FloatType,
>                                types.ComplexType):
>             self.Constructor2(initarg)
>
regards
 Steve
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