Class or Dictionary?

[Martin De Kauwe]

On Feb 14, 8:57 pm, Martin De Kauwe <mdeka... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Feb 14, 8:51 pm, Dave Angel <da... at ieee.org> wrote:
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> > On 01/-10/-28163 02:59 PM, Martin De Kauwe wrote:
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> > > <snip>
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> > > from other_model import OtherSubModel
> > > class Model:
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> > >      def __init__(self):
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> > >          # included other external modules (i.e. in other files)
> > >          om =therSubModel()
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> > >      def run(self):
> > >          # call other submodel and pass params
> > >          om.run(params)
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> > What's om supposed to be?  You define a local variable in one method,
> > and try to use it in a different one ????
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> > Perhaps you meant  self.om =
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> >  > class OtherSubModel:
> >  >     def __init__(self):
> >  >         #some stuff
> >  >
> >  >     def run(params):
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> > You're missing a self here in the formal parameter list.
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> > DaveA
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> I was trying to write a smaller version of broadly what I think i am
> doing, perhaps I am not implementing it correctly. I have one model
> which I have coded as a class, there were a few parts which could be
> used separately (sub-models). So I decided to make them separate
> classes in separate files which I *thought* I could just join up into
> one package at run time. This way I could also use these modules
> separately.
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> So in the dummy example
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> the other file is imported
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> from other_model import OtherSubModel
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> amd om = OtherSubModel was me making an instance of it? And then when
> I called the *run* part of this sub-model I was passing it the
> parameter file. I am sensing I have this wrong?

oh and yes i did mean self.om.run(params), sorry!