class initialization problem

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rantingrick wrote:

> ok here is some code. this will cause an infinite recursion.
> 
> class A():
>     def __init__(self, *args):
>         self.nestedA = A(*args) #NO GOOD!
> 
> there must be a way to create an instance of an object within the
> same objects constructor?

    	This is an inherent problem with what you want to do, not a problem 
with Python.  You have said you want each instance of A to have a nested 
instance.  But then the nested instance is an instance of A too, so it 
should have a nested instance, and that doubly-nested instance should 
have its own nested instance, and so on to infinity.

    	Perhaps you want to cut off the recursion at the first step, so 
that the nested instance itself does not have a nested instance.  If so, 
add another parameter to __init__ that flags whether you are creating a 
"top-level" instance.

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Brendan Barnwell
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