Stephen McInerney wrote: > Kent, > >>> I was asking if it's a recognized good programming practice to >>> declare and initialize *all* members in the class defn. >> >> What do you mean by "initialize *all* members in the class defn"? > - obviously I meant to say do it in the __init__() method, > I wrote the snippet as I was rushing out the door to an exam, > but I think the intent was clear.
It was definitely not clear to me. Judging from his latest reply it doesn't seem to be clear to Alan either. >> If you mean to initialize the variables in the __init__() method: >> maybe this is more common but I don't think I have ever seen it >> recommended to initialize all variables in the __init__() method. >> Certainly there are times when it makes sense to have some of the >> initialization in other methods that are called from __init__(). > > I only said "make a token dummy assignment in __init__() to hint > to the static analyzer the name and expected type, I didn't say > "you must do all the actual initialization itself in __init__()". So if an attribute is initialized in a different method would you still put a dummy initializer in __init__()? > > In the context of the original question > "where and how should we assign class members in order > to flag member names and types to static analyzers like > Doxygen or pylint?" > I understood that people were agreeing > "Yes, assigning each member token values in the __init__() > method is a good practice". I honestly don't see how you can conclude that. My post was the first one that mentioned __init__() at all. You have been talking about the class definition which could mean "anywhere in the scope of the class statement" or, as I thought you might mean, "anywhere in the scope of the class statement that is not in a method". I personally would never interpret "class definition" to mean the __init__() method. I really am trying to understand what you are asking, it is not clear to me at all. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
