skipping __init__ and using exploiting a class member instead

[Devin Jeanpierre]

On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Peter Cacioppi
<peter.cacioppi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is the following considered poor Python form?
>
> class Foo (object) :
>     _lazy = None
>     def foo(self, x) :
>         self._lazy = self._lazy or self.get_something(x)
>     def get_something(self, x) :
>         # doesn't really matter
>
> I like this idiom for certain situations, just wondering if it will raise the hackles of other Pythonistas.

It raises my hackles, but not for any good reason.

I've seen it a number of times in the Twisted codebase, so you're not
alone in using it.

-- Devin