(newbie) Is there a way to prevent "name redundancy" in OOP ?

[Laszlo Nagy]

Stef Mientki wrote:
> Not sure I wrote the subject line correct,
> but the examples might explain if not clear
>
>
> *** first attempt ***
> class pin:
>    def __init__ (self):
>      self.Name  = 'Unknown Pin'
>
> aap = pin()             # create an instance
> aap.Name = 'aap'        # set it's name
> print aap.Name          # print it's name
>   
> 			# but why should I set it's name ??
> print 'aap'		# I can just as well print a constant string !!
>                          # (ok there will be an extra check)
>   
If you are trying to determine the name of your object, then you do not 
know what 'name' and 'object' means in Python. In this case, I recommend 
you this:

http://effbot.org/zone/python-objects.htm

In particular, pay attention to that objects can have zero or more names.

This is how you can create three unnamed objects:

L = [pin(),pin(),pin(),]

This is how you can bind three names to the same object:

p1 = p2 = p3 = pin()

Maybe I did not understand you question.

   Laszlo