Agreed with Steven, although I do find myself a little more annoyed and bothered by a typical init than him I guess. Even so I didn't think the current proposals went far enough. To tilt the balance farther, to make it easier, let's go all the way! Instead of continuing duplication:
def __init__(self, foo, bar, baz, spam, ham): self .= foo, bar, baz, spam, ham
or
# object member assignment self .= foo .= bar .= baz .= spam .= ham
How about? def __init__(self, foo, bar, baz, spam, ham): self .= * The asterisk here used to be reminiscent of argument unpacking (minus self). That would imply a double asterisk for keyword assignment which could be used as well. Also, I did find the decorator proposal intriguing, though have to say I probably wouldn't bother to use it unless it were a builtin or I had a dozen parameters to deal with. -Mike