class variable declarations...

[Alan Kennedy]

Lee John Moore wrote:

> My biggest mental block with python seems to be undeclared variables.  A
> declaration block alone is handy for reference.  Statically typed
> languages have really messed me up.  Is there a therapy group for
> refugees?  ;-)

How about this, using new style classes:-

class SpeedTouchComm(object):
    "Interface with the SpeedTouch router"
    
    __slots__ = ['connect', 'uid', 'pwd', 'rtuid', 'rtpwd']
    
    def __init__(self, connect, uid, pwd, rtuid, rtpwd):
        self.connect = connect
        self.uid = uid
        self.pwd = pwd
        self.rtuid = rtuid
        self.rtpwd = rtpwd
        self.namenotinslots = ''

>>> o = SpeedTouchComm(1,2,3,4,5)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "<stdin>", line 12, in __init__
AttributeError: 'SpeedTouchComm' object has no attribute 'namenotinslots'
>>>

There are more sophisticated ways to manipulate object instances and data, for
example using descriptors or __metaclasses__. But I think that this mostly
solves your difficulty.

HTH,

-- 
alan kennedy
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