Self in Interactive Interpreter

[kj7ny]

On Apr 4, 1:41 pm, Fredrik Lundh <fred... at pythonware.com> wrote:
> kj7nywrote:
> > For years it has been a slight annoyance that every time I wanted to
> > test a snippet of code from a class by running it in the interactive
> > interpreter, I had to remove all of the self. instances from the
> > code.  After I got it working correctly, I had to put all the self.'s
> > back into the code to put it back into my class.
>
> wouldn't it be a lot easier to test your code by importing the module
> containing it into the interactive interpreter?
>
> >>>> class dummy:
> >>>>     def __init__(self):
> >>>>         pass
>
> or, shorter:
>
>    >>> class dummy: pass
>
> </F>

Didn't know about the

>>> class dummy: pass

option.  It makes sense now that I see it.  Just hadn't ever tried it,
I guess.  Thanks!

With some of my larger applications, it doesn't seem to work well to
try to run the whole thing in the interpreter.  At least for me, I am
not a big IDE sort of programmer.  I am much more comfortable in vim
and command line stuff.  I suppose I should use the IDE more.

I wasn't offering this "tip" as a cure all.  It was just an
observation should it be of use to someone out there.  However, I
greatly appreciate your improvement on the example I gave.  I will use
your class dummy: pass approach from now on.

Thanks,