calling __init__ more than once?

[Skip Montanaro]

    Roy> I've got a file parsing class which in which I call a single parser
    Roy> object repeatedly to parse additional files.  Something like:

    Roy>    p = myParser()
    Roy>    stuff1 = p.parse (fileName1)
    Roy>    stuff2 = p.parse (fileName2)

    Roy> Is there any reason why my parse method couldn't call __init__() to
    Roy> reset things back to the start state?  It feels kind of creepy, but
    Roy> I don't see any reason why it should be a problem.  Is there
    Roy> something I'm missing here, or is it really OK to call __init__()
    Roy> again?

I suppose you could call __init__ multiple times, but why not define a
clear() or reset() method that __init__ calls to reset state?  You could
then call it as well when you wanted to parse a new file.

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