Generic constructors and duplication of internal Python logic

[Peter Otten]

Peter Otten wrote:

> But will I stop trying to come up with something better? no way. Here's my
> next try, and I'm likely to present something completely different again
> if you don't like it - not sure if that's a promise or a threat :-)

A threat.

def setLocals(d, selfName="self"):
    self = d.pop(selfName)
    for n, v in d.iteritems():
        setattr(self, n, v)

class Demo(object):
    def __init__(self, foo, bar, baz=2, bang=3):
        setLocals(locals())


Peter