Attribute error-- but I'm innocent(?)

[Chris Rebert]

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Nick Mellor
<nick.mellor.groups at pobox.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm pretty sure I'm following all the Python rules: I've put "self"
> before "forename" to make sure it's treated as a data attribute
> (instance variable.) And from within a class, I'm told, you need to
> prefix the var with self too. RandomName is a class that I've tested
> (and which still works.) So why do I get this error?
>
>  File "h:\Testing\NameDb\dictfile.py", line 107, in randomName
>    return {"Forename" : self.forename.randomByWeight(),
> AttributeError: RandomPerson instance has no attribute 'forename'
>
> Here's the code (Python 2.6, PythonWin):
>
> class RandomPerson:
>    def __init(self):

That previous line is supposed to be:
   def __init__(self):

Note the trailing underscores.

Cheers,
Chris

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