Cookbook idea - single-shot __init__

[Bob Gailer]

I have at times had the need to initialize some things once at the class 
level, and have resorted to techniques like:

class foo:
   first = True
   def __init__(self):
     if foo.first:
       foo.first = False
       # initialization code

Then a "better idea" occurred:

class foo:
   def __init__(self):
       del foo.__init__
       # initialization code

Bob Gailer
bgailer at alum.rpi.edu
303 442 2625
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