idiom for initialising variables

[Andrew Koenig]

Rob> I'm just wondering on the correct python idiom for initialising variables.
Rob> I see some code like this:

Rob> class myClass:
Rob>     self.a = 1
Rob>     def __init__(self):
Rob>         ...more stuff here

I doubt it -- the assignment to "self.a" should fail here
because "self" is undefined at that point.

How about posting an actual example?

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Andrew Koenig, ark at research.att.com, http://www.research.att.com/info/ark