On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 01:36:28PM -0400, Alan G Isaac wrote: > 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'. Actually I do it the other way around nowadays. I don't talk about class object, instance object... I simply tell them to create attributes by putting them in the __init__ . That way I simply avoid the explaination until they actually need class attributes. By the time they need these they are flying with their own wings. When I would do it the other way around they would trip on the issue, eventually, and than I would have to give the explaination, and this has always been a difficult moment. Gaël _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
