how to use more than 1 __init__ constructor in a class ?

[Steve]

Hi Scott,
> can someone tell me, how to use a class like that* (or "simulate" more
> than 1 constructor) :

One approach could be:

class myPointClass:
    def __init__(self, **args):
        for k, v in args.items():
            setattr(self, k, v)

> *this is not homework
Just to be safe, I'll leave out the explanation :)

Regards
Steve

On 6/22/05, scott <scott at alussinan.org> wrote:
> hi people,
> 
> can someone tell me, how to use a class like that* (or "simulate" more
> than 1 constructor) :
> #--
> class myPointClass:
>    def __init__(self, x=0, y=0):
>      self.x = x
>      self.y = y
>    def __init__(self, x=0, y=0, z=0):
>      self.__init__(self, x, y)
>      self.z = z
> #--
> 
> tia people
> scott
> 
> *this is not homework
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