On Fri, 15 Apr 2005, Gooch, John wrote:
> Is there a way to create multiple __init__ routines in a Python Class? Hi John, In general, Python doesn't support "overloading". Overloading wouldn't interact well at all with functions that can take a variable number of arguments. That being said, can you write a really general initializer that fits all your cases? If so, then you might provide a set of utility factory functions to simplify calling the general initializer. For example: ###### >>> class BankAccount: ... def __init__(self, name, initialAmount): ... self.name = name ... self.amount = initialAmount ... >>> def makeBankruptAccount(name): ... return BankAccount(name, 0) ... >>> def makeMillionareAccount(name): ... return BankAccount(name, 10 ** 6) ... >>> def makeAnonymousDonor(amount): ... return BankAccount(None, amount) ... ###### Best of wishes! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
