return an object of a different class

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On 11-02-15 07:45 PM, alex23 wrote:
>
> Firstly, does MyNumbers _have_ to be a class? Or would a function
> acting as a class factory be sufficient?

Yes it does. I didn't explain my problem, chose a terrible example. This is 
more what I'm trying to do:

class thingy:
   def __init__(self, athingy):
     self.basic_extract()
     if self.sortof =

   def basic_extract(self):
     do a bunch of things
     self.sortof = ..

   def general_method(self)


class ThingyTypeA:
   def __init__(self):
     further_extract()

class ThingyTypeB:
   def __init__(self):
     further_extract()

>
> Otherwise, you can change the class of an object, even within its own
> methods:

And then I just call __init__ method?

>
> class MyNumbers(object):
>    def __init__(self, n = 0):
>      self.original_value = n
>      self.__class__ = BigNumbers if n>  100 else SmallThing
        self.__init__()
>
> class BigNumbers(MyNumbers):
      def __init__(self):
>      size = 'big'
        self.newvalue = self.original_value * y

>
> class SmallNumbers(MyNumbers):
      def __init__(self):
>      size = 'small'
        self.newvalue = self.original_value * x

>
> Hope this helps.

Yes, thanks!


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