Suggestions for good programming practices?

[Aahz]

In article <3D18868A.4050002 at mxm.dk>, Max M  <maxm at mxm.dk> wrote:
>
>You can also make it even more general:
>
>class MyData:
>
>     def __init__(self, **args):
>         self.__dict__.update(args)
>
>d = MyData(firstName='Max M', lastName='Rasmussen')

My preference is for

class MyData:
    pass

d = MyData()
d.firstName = None
d.lastName = 'Aahz'

At the very least, I think you ought to rewrite your example as

d = MyData(
    firstName = 'Max M',
    lastName = 'Rasmussen
    )
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