On Thu, 05 Apr 2007, Christopher Barker apparently wrote: > I think, in a situation when you are intending the class > attribute to be over-ridden by an instance attribute, then > it's clearer to define it as an instance attribute in the > first place:
This is true of course. BUT I am with Gael on this one: when **introducing** newbies to their first class(es), it can be useful not to introduce with the __init__ function. Remember, for many perfectly intelligent people, the phrases 'class object' and 'instance object' are no more than 'n o i s e object'. Of course, shortly thereafter you should clear all this up. But one step at a time when tutoring/teaching ... Cheers, Alan Isaac _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
