Circular Class Logic

[half.italian at gmail.com]

> Remove the line above
> and add this below:
> def initFoo():
>   import baz
>   Foo.baz = baz.Baz()
> initFoo()

I got it to work, but I had to add a check to see if the class
variable had been set..

def initBaz():
  import Baz
  Foo.baz = Baz.Baz()

class Foo:
  baz = None
  def __init__(self):
    if Foo.baz == None:
      Foo.baz = True
      initBaz()

What exactly is being accomplished by having the init function outside
of the class?  If there is no check, wouldn't it just execute every
time an object is instantiated anyway?

> Instead of initFoo, you could use a custom metaclass. Or a class decorator (if
> and when they become available...)

I haven't tried either of those yet.  The names scare me. :)  Sounds
like this might be a good time to explore them.

> The code above is an effective way of doing what you want. But I'd think about
> the actual need of doing such things - are you sure it's a good design?
>

I thought it was a good design, but now I'm not so sure.  I'm
untrained, so often I dont know the right way to do things.  As I
build this into the libraries, I'll keep an eye on how the code is
developing and go from there.    Thanks for the help!

~Sean