Parameter lists

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Mizipzor
> I dont like the looks of that code, there are many
> function parameters to be sent in and if I were to add an attribute, i
> would need to add it in three places. Add it to the function
> parameters, add it to the class and assign it.
> Is there a smoother way to do this?

You may use something like this:

def selfassign(self, locals):
    # Code from web.py  http://webpy.org  modified.
    for key, value in locals.iteritems():
        if key != 'self':
            setattr(self, key, value)

Generally used in __init__ methods, as:

def __init__(self, foo, bar, baz=1):
    selfassign(self, locals())

You may use it as (untested):

class Stats:
    def __init__(self, speed, maxHp, armor, strength, attackSpeed,
imagePath):
        selfassign(self, locals())
        self.originalImage = loadTexture(imagePath)
        del self.imagePath

I don't like that del

Bye,
bearophile