Like overloading __init__(), but how?

[John M. Gabriele]

On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 21:32:52 -0700, Steven Bethard wrote:

> [snip]
> Another possibility is to play around with *args:
> 
> class Vector3d(object):
>      def __init__(self, *args):
>          if not args:
>              # constructor with no arguments
>          elif len(args) == 6:
>              # constructor with xyz coords
>          elif len(args) == 2:
>              # constructor with points
>          elif len(args) == 1:
>              # copy constructor
>          else:
>              raise TypeError('expected 0, 1, 2 or 6 args, got %i' %
>                              len(args))
> 
> But this can get really ugly really quick.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> STeVe

Thanks STeVe. I think, for now, I'll probably stick with
the easier but less elegant way of checking *args. I guess
I could compare args[0].__class__.__name__  against 'Point3d',
'Vector3d', or just 'float'.

Didn't realize this topic came up recently. Sorry for the
duplication.

---J

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